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Forest, Virginia

Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,709 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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HISTORYWhat happened to Poplar Forest after Jefferson's death?

HISTORYCommemorating Lewis and Clark

HISTORY"A Culture Productive of Infinite Wretchedness”

HISTORYHow was the landscape partitioned?

ARTS & CULTUREMounds Made of Ideas and Sweat

HISTORYCrafting a Masterpiece, Longing for Home

HISTORYTransforming a Plantation into a Private Retreat, 1806—1826

HISTORY“I have this summer built a wing of offices...”

HISTORYWhy is the lawn sunken?

FAITHSt. Stephen's Church

ARTS & CULTUREWhy build the mounds?

HISTORYPoplar Forest Planting Memorandum 1812

Nearby places

NATIONAL PARKBlue Ridge Parkway

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NATIONAL FORESTGeorge Washington National Forest

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