The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusForest Acres is a city in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 10,617 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area and is an enclave of the city of Columbia.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10,361 to 10,617 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1965.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Forest Acres 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forest Acres’s history is told.
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Forest Acres, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Forest Acres is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Forest Acres has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dovillers-Manning-Magoffin House in Columbia, 1.6 miles away.
Forest Acres and the nearest listed places
Closest to Forest Acres
Dovillers-Manning-Magoffin HouseColumbia · Greek Revival1.6mi
George R. Price HouseColumbia · Building1.9mi
Raymond Price HouseColumbia · Modern Movement1.9miMiddleburg Park Historic DistrictColumbia · District2.1mi
J. Davis Powell HouseColumbia · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements2.3miHow 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 (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.