Forney, Texas

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The city of Forney is located in Kaufman County.

Forney is 140 feet [42.67 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Forney lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Forney can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Forney had a population of 5,588 people^<2> (or 7.75% of the total population of Kaufman County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Forney had a population of 15,223 people. This is an increase of 172.42% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Forney.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Balch Springs	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	20,003	3.24% increase
	Dallas	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,279,910	7.68% increase
	Garland	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
	Kaufman	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	8,794	35.5% increase
	Mesquite	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	132,123	6.1% increase
	Rockwall	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	35,247	96.08% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Forney.

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Forney. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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