Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Forest Hills (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Forest Hills. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Forest Hills is located in Suffolk County .
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Suffolk County : Essex , Middlesex & Norfolk .
Below are the counties that are near Forest Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Hills:
Suffolk County (The home county of Forest Hills)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Jamaica Plain (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Mattapan (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Roslindale (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Ashmont (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Savin Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Mattapan Station (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Highland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Neponset (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Neponset is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset South Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Hyde Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
North Easton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
South Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Furnace Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village East Mansfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Mansfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
Norton (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Norton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
Chartley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Raynham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Raynham is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
Attleboro Falls (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Raynham Center (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Raynham Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Pleasant Hills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Cliftondale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Saugus (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
Nahant (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
West Lynn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn East Lynn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Lynn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
Swampscott (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Swampscott is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
Lynnfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Clifton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Marblehead (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Marblehead is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
Peabody (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
Salem (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Salem is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Chestnut Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Cambridgeport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Cambridge (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Newton Centre (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Eliot (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton Highlands (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Huron Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Huron Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village Somerville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Somerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
Newton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
Newtonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Newtonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville Nonantum ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nonantum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonantum North Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
North Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Newton Upper Falls (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Brookline Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Milton Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Westbrook Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Milton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
Montclair (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Norfolk Downs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs East Milton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton West Quincy (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Wollaston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Ashcroft (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft Dedham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Quincy (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Hull (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Hingham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
Kenberma (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma West Hingham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Montello (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Accord (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord North Abington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Rockland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Brockton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Abington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Minot (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Fayville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Southville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
South Milford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Hopedale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
White City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Mendon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Mendon is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
Chapinville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Upton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Upton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,088 people
Westborough (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Westborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westborough Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
Berlin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hamlet (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Albion (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Albion is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Cumberland Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Woonsocket (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Berkeley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Berkeley is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Branch Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Lime Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lime Rock is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock Lonsdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lonsdale is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonsdale Union Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Hills .
Cemeteries Near Forest Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hills.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Forest Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Forest Hills Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Calvary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Roslindale . The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
Mt. Calvary Cemetery Old Calvary Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149537 <2>
Oak Lawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Roslindale . The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Oaklawn Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1028532 <2>
New Calvary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Cedar Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Brookline Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Walnut Hills Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
St. Josephs Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (636 more) ...
Hebrew Progressive Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Fairview Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Milton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Forest Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Roslindale (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Mount Hope (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mount Hope is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Clarendon Hills (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Clarendon Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon Hills Mattapan (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Jamaica Plain (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Mount Bowdoin (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Mount Bowdoin is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bowdoin Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Highland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Brookline (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Cedar Grove (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Continue List (17 more) ...
Ashmont (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Fields Corner (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner Savin Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hills .
Newspapers Published in Forest Hills ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hills, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Forest Hills:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Suffolk County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System ). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net . The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Forest Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.