Welcome to Forest Hill ...
Forest Hill is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
Forest Hill is located in Wood County<1>.
Forest Hill is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Forest Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Forest Hill: 903 & 430<3>
Communities Also Named Forest Hill ...
While we believe that this Forest Hill is located in Wood County, we know of another 4 Texas communities named Forest Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Harris, Lamar, Potter and Tarrant County.
Beyond Texas, there are 47 communities that are also named Forest Hill - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey (3), North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee (6), Virginia (4) and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest Hill.
Communities near Forest Hill ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forest Hill.
- Mineola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winnsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
- Winnsboro is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,330 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <4>
- Grand Saline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Quitman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Como
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Yantis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yantis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantis
- Yantis is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yantis <4>
- Coke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Stout
- From Forest Hill to Stout
- Hainesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest Hill.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest Hill. 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 Hill.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Forest Hill.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Hill ...
Looking for more information about Forest Hill? 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 Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Forest Hill.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Hill - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Forest Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Forest Hill 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. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |