Forestville is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, Delaware County, Iowa, United States.

The community was named after the forest in adjacent Backbone State Park, and lies two miles northeast of Dundee.

[2] Forestville was platted in April 1854 in Section 22 of Richland Township by surveyor Joel Bailey for landowner Daniel Leonard.

Hiram Wood established a creamery near Forestville in 1874, one of four in Richland Township.

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