Forest Park is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.

It is located approximately nine miles (14 km) south of Atlanta[4] and is part of the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta metropolitan statistical area.

[5] Named after Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Forest Park has its origins as a "wood and water stop" for the nation's burgeoning railroad system in the early to mid-1800s.

Originally the third stop from Atlanta on the Macon and Western Railroad, the city was incorporated in 1908.

There is commuter rail service in the planning stages along the Norfolk Southern line, with proposed stations in Forest Park, Morrow, Jonesboro, and initially ending at Lovejoy.