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Forest Heights is an incorporated town in Prince George's County, Maryland, and is part of the larger postal designation of Oxon Hill.

Forest Heights was incorporated in 1949 under Chapter 142 of the Acts of the Maryland General Assembly, after town voters approved incorporation in a referendum on April 19, 1949, by 126 votes to 52.

The 2020 census counted 2,658 residents in Forest Heights, an increase of 8.6 percent from 2,447 in 2010, reversing decades of decline from the town's peak of 3,524 residents in 1960.

Forest Heights had 886 households and 957 housing units at the 2020 census, and the median age of its residents was 39.9 years.

At the 2020 census, about 57 percent of Forest Heights residents were Black or African American and about 32 percent were Hispanic or Latino.

The town straddles both sides of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) and is also served by the Capital Beltway (Interstate 95/Interstate 495) and Maryland Route 414.

Most of Forest Heights was built in the 1940s and early 1950s with single-family homes and some duplex streets, and many early residents were scientists at the adjacent U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, military band musicians, or other federal employees.

In 2019, Forest Heights annexed 446.88 acres of additional land, more than doubling the size of the town.

Forest Heights has its own police department, which is the primary responder for most crimes within the town, while the Prince George's County Police Department handles the most serious crimes under a memorandum of understanding.

Two elementary schools, Forest Heights Elementary School and Flintstone Elementary School, stand within the town limits, and all residents are zoned to Oxon Hill Middle School and Potomac High School.