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Forest Retreat

Ghost town · Clark County, Kentucky

Austerlitz quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Austerlitz quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Forest Retreat is a ghost town in Clark County, Kentucky. It is one of 30 former communities in Clark County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Forest Retreat as a historical populated place on the Austerlitz topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.0113° N, 84.2155° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAusterlitz
Elevation945 ft
Nearest living townWinchester, KY
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID2508442
Coordinates38.01131, -84.21551

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What's there now

Forest Retreat is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Winchester, KY (population 19,133), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 945 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Forest Retreat?

Forest Retreat is in Clark County, Kentucky, at 38.0113, -84.2155.

How many ghost towns are in Clark County?

Clark County, Kentucky has 30 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.