# Forest Hill, Texas

Forest Hill is a suburb of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,955 at the 2020 census.

## History

Forest Hill began around 1860. The community was called Brambleton Station and Forest Hill Village before being named Forest Hill. By 1896 the community had its first schools and was established as a suburb of Fort Worth. In 1905 Old Mansfield Road and Forest Hill Drive were the city's two main roads. In 1912 citizens drilled a "crooked hole well," the first private water system in the community. By 1925 the community had 25 residents and two businesses. Forest Hill gained a new source of water in the early 1940s. By 1944 Trentman Company and the Johnson Campbell Company began building homes. The owners of the private water system sold it to Texas Water Company.
The community incorporated as a village on March 16, 1946. In the late 1940s the village had around 90 people. In 1949 the village petitioned to be relabeled as a city after reaching 500 citizens; on April 8 of that year the village was relabeled as a city. By 1954 the volunteer fire department, the court, and the corporation court opened. The city had 1,519 people in the mid-1950s.
The city expanded in the 1960s. In 1967 the city had 3,800 people; the city grew due to its proximity to Fort Worth. By the early 1970s the city adopted the Forest Hill Home Rule Charter in order to more easily annex territory and to allow for better governance. The city had 10,250 people in 1976 and 11,482 in 1990. In the 1970s, it elected its first female mayor, Jackie Larson.

## Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11.0 km$^2$), all land.

## Demographics

Forest Hill city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. :
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000 | Pop 2010 | Pop 2020 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
| White alone (NH) | 2,967 | 1,441 | 1,216 | 22.91% | 11.66% | 8.71% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 7,355 | 5,938 | 5,490 | 56.80% | 48.06% | 39.34% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 42 | 29 | 11 | 0.32% | 0.23% | 0.08% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 140 | 68 | 151 | 1.08% | 0.55% | 1.08% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.00% |
| Other Race alone (NH) | 8 | 34 | 31 | 0.06% | 0.28% | 0.22% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 88 | 125 | 199 | 0.68% | 1.01% | 1.43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2,349 | 4,715 | 6,857 | 18.14% | 38.16% | 49.14% |
| Total | 12,949 | 12,355 | 13,955 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 13,955 people, 3,754 households, and 2,944 families residing in the city.

## Transportation

By 1911 the city became a stop on the Fort Worth Southern Traction Company's electric urban railway from Fort Worth to Cleburne. The streetcar line operated on an hourly basis in the 1900s.

## Education

Forest Hill is partly in the Everman Independent School District and partly in the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Two primary schools, Harlean Beal Elementary School and David K. Sellars Elementary School, serve separate areas within the FWISD section of Forest Hill. The FWISD secondary schools that serve the section of Forest Hill, located in Fort Worth, include Glencrest 6th Grade School, Forest Oak Middle School, and O. D. Wyatt High School.
In 1896 Forest Hill schools had three teachers, 91 white students, and 15 black students. By 1905 Forest Hill, now having no schools for black students, had two schools, four teachers, and 226 students.
Students living in the Everman Independent School District portion of the city attend Roger E. Souder Elementary School, Dan Powell Intermediate School, Everman Junior High School and Everman High School.