Forrest is a village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States.

Illinois Route 47 (Center Street) crosses US 24 near the village center; it leads north 24 miles (39 km) to Dwight and south 20 miles (32 km) to Gibson City.

According to the 2010 census, Forrest has a total area of 0.68 square miles (1.76 km2), all land.

Krack was a farmer, notary public, grain dealer, and in later life an insurance agent.

Krack was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1872 and became treasurer of Livingston County in 1878.

When Forrest was established, the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad had already been in operation for almost ten years, and therefore the origin of the town is unlike Fairbury, Chatsworth, Chenoa, Gridley and El Paso, all of which were founded when the railroad was first built.

The author of the 1878 History of Livingston County says only two things about Mr. Forrest: he was a business partner of C. L. Frost, an official of the Toledo, Peoria and Western, and that he had promised to do something for the young village and that promise was "unfulfilled".

[7] In 1861 or 1862, before the town was platted, Israel J. Krack was operating a grain elevator at the location.

[9] The first house in Forrest was built by Mr. Krack, who was also the first postmaster and the first station agent.

[10] Forrest, like almost every other early town of central Illinois during this period, was built from inexpensive pine lumber brought in by the railroad from Michigan or Wisconsin.

At first there were hopes that the Chicago and Paducah Railroad could be induced to construct its tracks through the town, but this road was diverted to nearby Fairbury.

The village became an important stopping place on the Wabash line linking Chicago and Kansas City.

In 1924 the state of Illinois began construction on a paved road that eventually became Route 24.

The model includes a fully functional turntable and electric railroad track.

[citation needed] Per the 2010 United States Census, Forrest had 1,220 people.