Forney

Forney

Forney could refer to:

People

* Alva Clark Forney, lieutenant governor of South Dakota
* Daniel Munroe Forney, US Representative from North Carolina
* David Forney, data communications pioneer and Bernard M. Gordon Adjunct Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Ellen Forney, cartoonist and teacher based in Seattle, Washington
* John H. Forney, Union Army Major General
* John Weiss Forney, Texas and Pacific Railway Director (1873) from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
* John W. Forney, US Secretary of the Senate
* Joshua Forney, US rock guitarist
* Kynan Forney, US football player with the Atlanta Falcons
* Matthias N. Forney (1835-1908), US steam locomotive manufacturer
* Peter Forney, US Representative from North Carolina
* William H. Forney, US Representative from Alabama

Places

* Forney, Texas
** Forney Independent School District, school district based in Forney
** Forney High School, in Forney
* Forneys Creek, North Carolina
* Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, formerly known as Forney Army Airfield
* Forney Ridge Trail, an American hiking trail, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Sevier County, Tennessee
* Forney Dam
* Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, Colorado

Things

* ERCO Ercoupe, also known as a Forney Aircoupe, a low wing metal monoplane with seating for two in a side-by-side configuration
* Forney locomotive, a steam locomotive built to the design of Matthias N. Forney
* Forney Robinson Pascoe syndrome, a disease

ee also

* 0-4-4, a railroad steam locomotive often called a Forney


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