Editing Forestville, New York (section)

==Notable people==
* [[George Abbott]], Broadway producer and playwright, was born in Forestville on June 25, 1887. A New York State historical marker honoring Abbott was placed on Main Street and unveiled by the Hanover Historian Vincent P. Martonis on June 25, 2008.
* [[Edgar Anderson]], botanist
* [[Cyrus D. Angell]], major landowner in Forestville and surrounding area in the 19th century; noted for developing the [[Belt Theory]] of oil discovery, that oil existed in "belts" akin to underground rivers, giving rise to the practice of "Yardstick Geology".<ref>Hinton & Olien, ''Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895-1945'', University of Texas Press, 2002, page 17, {{ISBN|9780292760561}}</ref> A number of local landmarks along Angell Road are named after Cyrus D. Angell.
* [[Emily Montague Mulkin Bishop]] (1858-1916), Delsartean lecturer, instructor, author
* [[William J. Colvill]], Union colonel in the [[American Civil War]] who led the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], former Minnesota Attorney General and US congressman from Minnesota
* [[Les Dye]], former NFL player
* [[Carol J. Adams]], writer, feminist, and animal rights activist