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CITY OF FOREST HILL

PROPERTY TAXES

2026 Property Tax Rate $.700466 per $100 valuation

2025 Certified Net Taxable Value $1,068,661,043

HISTORY

Forest Hill began as a community around 1860. It 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. Forest Hill gained a new source of water in the early 1940’s when
the original owners of the private water system sold it to the Texas Water Company. By 1925
the community had twenty-five residents and two businesses. In approximately 1944, the
Trentman Company and the Johnson Campbell Company began building homes. The
community incorporated on March 16, 1946, with a population of approximately 500 citizens.
On April 8th of that year “the village” was relabeled as a “City”. By 1954 the volunteer fire
department, the police department, and the Corporation Court opened. The city had 1,519
residents in the mid-1950s and by 1967, the city had 3,800. The city’s growth was due in part
to its proximity to Fort Worth. By the early 1970’s, the city adopted the Forest Hill Home Rule
Charter to more easily annex territory and to allow for better governance. The City’s
population was 10,250 in 1976 and 11,482 in 1990. In the 1970s, Forest Hill citizens elected its
first female mayor, Jackie Larson.

HIGHWAY /STREETS

Forest Hill is located along one of the busiest freeways in North Texas. Approximately 200,000
vehicles per day travel along IH-20. Numerous eastbound and westbound off ramps provide
direct access to the City’s arterial roadway network. Interstate 20 runs through the heart of
Forest Hill and provides access to Highway 287, Southeast Loop Interstate 820 and Interstate
35. These major thoroughfares intersect to form one of the highest traffic count areas in
southern Tarrant County.

Residents enjoy easy access to the five area airports –

Dallas Love Field 37 miles
DFW International 23 miles
Alliance Airport 26 miles
Meacham International 15 miles

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