Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It counts 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
100% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Forestville, where Virginia’s towns sit at 44% and U.S. towns at 29%. No town among the 254 in Virginia we compare has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Forestville. Its National Register listings include Zirkle Mill and Benjamin Wierman House. Forestville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Forestville beats most towns.
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 5 maps from 1942 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
2 places in Forestville on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Ordered by what stands out in Forestville.
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 23°, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Forestville’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 53 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 67% come from inland flooding and 12% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Forestville. Close and well known come first.
15 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
13 mi CaveLuray Caverns18 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
40 mi Park & preserveDolly Sods Wilderness
22 mi Ski areaMassanutten Resort22 runs · 1,064 ft vertical
21 mi National forestGeorge Washington and Jefferson National ForestsShenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolly Sods Wilderness: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Massanutten Resort: Arbogastlw at English Wikipedia, Public domain · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Forestville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
None within 15 miles of Forestville; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Forestville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
CDP in Virginia, United States
Forestville is a CDP in Shenandoah County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The Forestville Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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Forestville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. It counts 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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