Forest Hills, NC

Forest Hills is a village in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 303 residents. Formerly a neighborhood within nearby unincorporated Cullowhee, it became incorporated in 1997. The area now known as Forest Hills was named for the late 19th-century home of David D. A newcomer can read Forest Hills through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Forest Hills comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. His property made up the territory of what is now a large part of the village.