Forest’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Forest. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusForest is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,709 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 9,106 to 11,709 (+29%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Forest 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’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forest’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo5 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewPoplar Forest, State Route 661: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Forest
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Forest, decade by decade
2000
6 historic places in Forest
6 places in Forest are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Poplar Forest, State Route 661 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.