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Welcome to Forest Home ...

Forest Home is located in Ouachita Parish<1>.

Forest Home is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forest Home lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Forest Home: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Forest Home ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Forest Home - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest Home.

Communities near Forest Home ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forest Home.

  • West Monroe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Monroe is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,086 people
  • Bastrop
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Richwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
  • Sterlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Collinston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Downsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Oak Ridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Claiborne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
  • Pino Bayou Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
  • Swartz
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Forest Home. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest Home.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest Home. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Home.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Home. See our Newspapers Page for Forest Home.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Home ...

Looking for more information about Forest Home? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Forest Home, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Forest Home.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Ouachita, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Forest Home area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Forest Home area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.