Lafayette Hill is a small unincorporated community in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Lafayette Hill is located just west of Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood, and south of Plymouth Meeting. Lafayette Hill draws its name from the French General Marquis de Lafayette, who stayed there during the American Revolution.Prior to general decampment from Valley Forge in the spring of 1778, George Washington dispatched an estimated 2200 troops under the command of Marquis de Lafayette to act as a defensive screen and to conduct reconnaissance of the British army, which had garrisoned in Philadelphia for the winter. The two forces had a brief engagement at nearby Barren Hill.Lafayette Hill is served by the Colonial School District.Famous residents include actor Terrence Howard; Da'Rel Scott, and John Salmons.vdeMunicipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USCounty seat: NorristownHome rulemunicipalitiesBryn AthynCheltenham TownshipHorsham TownshipNorristownPlymouth TownshipWhitemarsh TownshipBoroughsAmblerBridgeportCollegevilleConshohockenEast GreenvilleGreen LaneHatboroHatfieldJenkintownLansdaleNarberthNorth WalesPennsburgPottstownRed HillRockledgeRoyersfordSchwenksvilleSoudertonTelford‡TrappeWest ConshohockenTownshipsAbingtonDouglassEast NorritonFranconiaHatfieldLimerickLower FrederickLower GwyneddLower MerionLower MorelandLower PottsgroveLower ProvidenceLower SalfordMarlboroughMontgomeryNew HanoverPerkiomenSalfordSkippackSpringfieldTowamencinUpper DublinUpper FrederickUpper GwyneddUpper HanoverUpper MerionUpper MorelandUpper PottsgroveUpper ProvidenceUpper SalfordWest NorritonWest PottsgroveWhitpainWorcesterCDPsArdmore‡AudubonBlue BellBryn MawrEaglevilleEvansburgFlourtownFort WashingtonGilbertsvilleGlensideHalfway HouseHarleysvilleHorshamKing of PrussiaKulpsvilleMaple GlenMontgomeryvilleOrelandPenn WynnePlymouth MeetingPottsgroveSanatogaSkippackSpring HouseSpring MountStoweTrooperWillow GroveWyncoteWyndmoorUnincorporatedcommunitiesArdsleyBala CynwydBarren HillBelmont HillsBethayresChapel‡CongoCrestmontCheltenhamDresherElkins ParkErdenheimFitzwatertownGeryville‡GladwyneGraterfordGulph MillsHaverford‡HollywoodHuntingdon ValleyJarrettownLafayette HillLa MottLaverockLinfieldMeadowbrookMelrose ParkMerionMiquonMont ClareNobleNorth HillsOaksPalmPerkiomenvillePort IndianPort ProvidenceProspectvilleRosemont‡RoslynRoychesterRydalSwedelandThree TunsVillanovaWayne‡WynnewoodZieglersvilleFootnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties