# Forestville

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #98,129

## Definitions
1. A suburb of Sydney in the Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
2. A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
3. A township and ghost town therein, in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.
4. A town in La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada

## Etymology
From forest + -ville.
The town in Quebec is Named after Grant William Forrest, superintendent of the Price Company, which once operated a sawmill in the area. It was originally spelled Forrestville.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/forestville