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History · Forest Hills

Forest Hills dates to 1959

Most of Forest Hills was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1960.

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How Forest Hills began

When was Forest Hills founded?

1959

Forest Hills dates its founding to 1959 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1960.

First census: 180 in 19602020 census: 43867 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.

What stands out about Forest Hills’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Forest Hills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19076 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1994. Watch Forest Hills change.Old housesHalf of Forest Hills’ homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forest Hills’s history is told.

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On the map

Forest Hills on the map, 1907 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Forest Hills. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Forest Hills on the 1907 USGS mapForest Hills on the 1951 USGS mapForest Hills on the 1960 USGS mapForest Hills on the 1971 USGS mapForest Hills on the 1982 USGS mapForest Hills on the 1994 USGS map1907Louisville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Forest Hills.

The story so far

Forest Hills, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Forest Hills yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Forest Hills is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1959. As of the 2020 census, Forest Hills had a population of 438.

Forest Hills was established in 1959. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 444 in 2010, 438 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Forest Hills, census by census

01002003004005001960198020002020Peak: 502

Between 180 and 502 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Forest Hills’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Forest Hills

Nobody well known was born in Forest Hills itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Joan OsborneAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1962
Virginia PearsonAmerican stage and film actress · b. 1886
Lawrence WetherbyAmerican politician · b. 1908
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Patty HillUnited States educator and songwriter · b. 1868
Edward Y. ParsonsAmerican politician · b. 1842
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Frank PearceAmerican baseball player · b. 1905
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Jeffersontown9 historic placesB−Hurstbourne Acres1 historic placeD

Questions about Forest Hills’ history

What year was Forest Hills founded?

In 1959, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1960 counted 180 people here.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.