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History · Forest Park

Forest Park’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Forest Park. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
10recent photos
Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)], 1940 · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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Forest Park has its origins as a "wood and water stop" for the nation's burgeoning railroad system in the early to mid-1800s. Originally the third stop from Atlanta on the Macon and Western Railroad, the city was incorporated in 1908. The community was named for the parklike setting of the original town site. The 1,465-acre (5.93 km2) Fort Gillem was founded nearby in 1941 and was annexed into the city in 1973.

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Timeline

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1940s2 items · Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Was…Commons
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forest Park’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFlorida [Sarasota County (part) -…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Forest Park, decade by decade

1940s2 items
Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)]CommonsFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Geo…1940Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)]CommonsFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Geo…1940
1950s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today10 photos
Forest Park Branch LibraryCommonsForest Park Branch Library2026First Baptist ChurchCommonsFirst Baptist Church2026Untitled photoCommonsUntitled photo2018Status-Transportation-Recruiting-and-Maintenance-FacilityCommonsStatus-Transportation-Recruiting-and-Maintenance-Facility2016Status Transportation Atlanta FacilitiesCommonsStatus Transportation Atlanta Facilities2016Georgia State Route 331 inCommonsGeorgia State Route 331 in2015Forest Park, Georgia City HallCommonsForest Park, Georgia City Hall2015Forest Park High SchoolCommonsForest Park High School2015Forest Park High School (Georgia)CommonsForest Park High School (Georgia)2015Aerial view ofCommonsAerial view of2009
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Forest Park is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Forest Park has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stately Oaks in Morrow, 3.4 miles away.

Forest Park and the nearest listed places

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Stately OaksCollege Street SchoolHapeville Historic DistrictU.S. Post Office and CourthouseTrio Steam LaundryRex Mill

Closest to Forest Park

Stately OaksMorrow · Building3.4miCollege Street SchoolHapeville · Building3.8miHapeville Historic DistrictHapeville · District4.2miU.S. Post Office and CourthouseAtlanta · Building4.8miTrio Steam LaundryAtlanta · Built 19055.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Stately Oaks’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Forest Park?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Forest Park’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)] (1940) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Lake City📜 Morrow📜 Hapeville📜 Riverdale

From Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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