Jacintoville is one of the successors of the Toledo Settlement settled in 1867 by voluntary refugees of the Confederate South in the United States of America.^[1]

In 1966, the late Timothy Bardalez Sr. and the Village Council, requested then Premier George Price to have the government purchase the Pearce Plantation for the residents of Forest Home. Mr. Bardalez was recognized for his efforts in 2018 with a Community Heritage Award before his passing a few months later. ^[2]