The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusForest Hill is a village in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was placed at 605 according to the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 818 to 605 (-26%). Half of its homes were built before 1995.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Forest Hill yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Forest Hill’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forest Hill’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Forest Hill is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Forest Hill has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Crowell Sawmill Historic District in McNary, 3.7 miles away.
Forest Hill and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.