Forest Hill, Louisiana
village in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States
Forest Hill is a village in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was placed at 605 according to the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2), of which 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.56%) is water.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
Forest Hill has seen its Latino population surge to over 38% of the population since 2000.
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 605 people, 315 households, and 214 families residing in the village.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 813 people, 367 households, and 245 families residing in the village. The population density was 258 inhabitants per square mile (100/km2). There were 282 housing units at an average density of 82.4 per square mile (31.8/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 52.0% White, 3.52% African American, 0.44% Native American, 1.40% Asian, 6.36% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Forest Hill, Louisiana” as village in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2331045. Authority coordinates are 31.043, -92.531. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2000 and 2010.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Forest Hill, Louisiana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.