List of forts in the United States

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This is a list of historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.

Alabama[]

  • Fort Armstrong
  • Fort Bibb
  • Fort Blakely
  • Fort Bowyer, later site of Fort Morgan
  • Fort Carney
  • Fort Charlotte
  • Fort Claiborne
  • Fort Crawford
  • Fort Tombecbe/Fort Confederación[1]
  • Fort Decatur
  • Fort Deposit
  • Fort Gaines, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Jackson
  • Fort Louis de la Mobile
  • Fort McClellan
  • Fort Mims
  • [2]
  • Fort Morgan, historic fort open to the public
  • Old Spanish Fort
  • Fort Rucker
  • Fort Sinquefield
  • Fort Stoddert
  • Fort Strother
  • Fort Toulouse
  • Fort Williams

Alaska[]

Arizona[]

  • Fort Apache
  • Fort Bowie
  • Fort Buchanan
  • Fort Crittenden
  • Fort Defiance
  • Fort Grant
  • Fort Huachuca
  • Fort Lowell
  • Fort McDowell
  • Fort Misery
  • Fort Mojave
  • Fort Tyson (Charles)
  • Fort Verde, historic buildings open to the public
  • Fort Whipple
  • Fort Yuma

Arkansas[]

California[]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in California.

Colorado[]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Colorado.

Connecticut[]

  • Fort Griswold
  • Fort Nathan Hale, reconstructed historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Trumbull, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Stamford Site

Delaware[]

Florida[]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Florida.

Georgia[]

  • Fort Benning
  • Fort Gaines
  • Fort Gordon
  • , destroyed by hurricane 1804[14]
  • Fort Frederica
  • Fort Gillem
  • Fort Hawkins, partial re-creation sometimes open to the public
  • Fort James Jackson (aka Old Fort Jackson or Fort Oglethorpe), historic fort open to the public
  • Fort King George, re-constructed fort, now a state historic park
  • Fort McAllister, state park with preserved earthwork fortification and museum
  • Fort McPherson
  • Fort at Point Petre, aka Fort Point Peter
  • Fort Pulaski, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Scott
  • Fort Screven
  • Fort Stewart

Hawaii[]

Idaho[]

Illinois[]

Reconstructed bastion of Ft de Chartres

Indiana[]

  • Fort Benjamin Harrison
  • Fort Finney renamed Fort Steuben
  • Fort Harrison
  • Fort Clark, a stockade built around Clarksville in 1783
  • Fort Ouiatenon (not a U.S. military fort)
  • Fort Vincennes (including Fort Knox I and II, Fort Sackville and Fort Patrick Henry)
  • Fort Wayne / Fort Miami

Iowa[]

  • Fort Atkinson (1840–1849)
  • Fort Des Moines I, II, and III (1834–present)
  • Fort Dodge (1850–1853)
  • Fort Madison (1808–1813)

Kansas[]

Kentucky[]

Louisiana[]

  • Fort Jackson
  • Fort Livingston
  • Fort Macomb
  • Fort Pike
  • Fort Polk
  • Fort Proctor/Fort Beauregard
  • Fort St. Philip

Maine[]

  • Fort Allen
  • Fort Baldwin, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Edgecomb, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Foster, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort George, state park
  • Fort Gorges, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Halifax, reconstructed fort
  • Fort Kent, a blockhouse remains
  • Fort Knox, now a state park, historic fort
  • Fort Levett, on a privately owned island
  • Fort Lyon
  • Fort McClary, now a state memorial, historic blockhouse is a museum
  • Fort McKinley
  • Fort O'Brien, state park
  • Fort Pentagouet
  • Peaks Island Military Reservation
  • Fort Popham, historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Preble
  • Fort Scammel, on a privately owned island
  • Fort Sullivan
  • Fort Sumner
  • Fort Williams, now a town park open to the public
  • Fort William Henry, reconstructed as a park

Maryland[]

  • Fort Armistead, abandoned historic fort
  • Fort Carroll, abandoned historic fort
  • Fort Cumberland
  • Fort Defiance, abandoned historic fort
  • Fort Detrick
  • Fort Foote
  • Fort Frederick, now a state park, restored historic fort
  • Fort George G. Meade
  • Fort Howard
  • , at US Naval Academy, demolished[17]
  • Fort McHenry, premier restored historic fort
  • Fort Ritchie, Formerly Camp Humphreys, Closed 1996
  • Fort Severn, at US Naval Academy, demolished
  • Fort Smallwood
  • Fort Washington

Massachusetts[]

Michigan[]

Main article: List of military installations in Michigan

Minnesota[]

Mississippi[]

Missouri[]

  • Fort Bellefontaine
  • Fort Cap au Gris
  • Fort Leonard Wood
  • Fort Osage, open to the public, operated by Jackson County Parks
  • Jefferson Barracks

Montana[]

See also: List of military installations in Montana

Nebraska[]

See also: List of forts in Nebraska

Nevada[]

  • Fort Churchill

New Hampshire[]

  • Fort Constitution, now a state park, lighthouse tower open only for tours
  • Fort at Number 4, re-created as a living history museum
  • Fort Dearborn
  • Fort Stark
  • Fort Washington
  • Fort Wentworth
  • Fort William and Mary (a.k.a. Fort Constitution)

New Jersey[]

  • Fort Billingsport
  • Cape May Military Reservation
  • Fort Dix
  • Highlands Military Reservation
  • Fort Lee
  • Fort Hancock
  • Fort Mercer
  • Fort Monmouth
  • Fort Mott
  • Fortifications of New Netherland
  • Fort Nonsense

New Mexico[]

New York[]

North Carolina[]

  • Fort Bragg
  • Fort Caswell, now private property
  • Fort Fisher, partly reconstructed fortifications with museum and guided tours
  • Fort Greene
  • Fort Hampton
  • Fort Johnston
  • Fort Macon, restored historic fort open to the public
  • Fort Anderson (North Carolina), Historic Fort open to the public.
  • Fort Dobbs (North Carolina), Rebuilt Historic colonial fort, State Historic site, open to the public

North Dakota[]

Ohio[]

See also: Category:Forts in Ohio

This list is incomplete; Ohio has a few dozen forts. The list does not include most civil war and later forts.

Colonial era forts

  • Fort Pickawillany
  • Fort Gower
  • Fort Au Glaize
  • Fort Junandat (possibly mis-transliteration of "Wyandot"), a trading post
  • Fort Laurens (occasionally spelled Lawrence)
  • Fort Sandoské
  • Fort Sandusky (1761)

post-revolutionary forts

  • Campus Martius
  • Fort Adams
  • Fort Defiance (in 1812, Fort Winchester was erected on the same site)
  • Fort Deposit
  • Fort Dille also known as Dillies Fort and Dilles Bottom
  • Fort Finney
  • Fort Frye
  • Fort Greene Ville
  • Fort Hamilton
  • Fort Harmar
  • Fort Industry, a possibly temporary fortification on the upper Maumee River where the Treaty of Fort Industry was signed, sometimes named as one of Gen. Anthony Wayne's forts in the Northwest Indian War
  • Fort Jefferson, originally Fort Deposit
  • Fort Loramie (or Laramie)
  • Fort Miamis
  • Fort Piqua
  • Fort Recovery
  • Fort St. Clair
  • Fort St. Mary's (in 1812, Fort Barbee was erected on the same site)
  • Fort Steuben
  • Fort Washington

War of 1812 era forts

  • Fort Ball
  • Fort Barbee, also called Fort St. Mary's
  • Fort Brown
  • Fort Feree (also spelled Ferree)
  • Fort Findlay
  • Fort Huntington, originally Camp Harrison
  • Fort Jennings
  • Fort McArthur
  • Fort Meigs
  • Fort Seneca; also see Old Fort, Ohio
  • Fort Stephenson originally Fort Sandusky (not the same as Fort Sandusky (1761))
  • Fort Winchester

Civil War forts

  • Fort Hayes, originally Columbus Arsenal, an Ohio Militia depot

20th century forts

Oklahoma[]

Oregon[]

Pennsylvania[]

Fort Mifflin Commandant's House

Puerto Rico[]

Rhode Island[]

South Carolina[]

Fort Sumter
  • The Battery
  • Fort Charlotte
  • Fort Fremont
  • Fort Howell
  • Fort Jackson
  • Fort Johnson
  • Fort Lyttleton, also called Fort Marion
  • Fort Motte
  • Fort Moultrie
  • Old Ninety Six and Star Fort
  • Castle Pinckney
  • Fort Prince George
  • Fort Sumter
  • Fort Wagner
  • Fort Walker, also called Fort Welles

South Dakota[]

Main article: List of forts in South Dakota

Tennessee[]

Main article: List of forts in Tennessee

Texas[]

Main article: Forts of Texas
  • The Alamo
  • Fort Bliss
  • Fort Brown
  • Fort Concho
  • Fort Crockett
  • Fort D. A. Russell
  • Fort Davis
  • Fort Hood
  • Fort Saint Louis
  • Fort San Jacinto
  • Fort Travis
  • Fort Worth

Utah[]

Vermont[]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Vermont.

Virginia[]

  • Fort A.P. Hill
  • Fort Albany
  • Fort Boykin
  • Craney Island Fort
  • Fort Ethan Allen
  • Fort Eustis
  • Fort Huger
  • Fort Hunt
  • Fort John Custis
  • Fort Lee
  • Fort Loudoun
  • Fort Monroe
  • Fort Nelson
  • Fort Norfolk
  • Fort Myer
  • Fort Pickett
  • Fort Pocahontas
  • Fort Powhatan[20]
  • Fort Richardson
  • Battery Rodgers
  • Fort Scott
  • Fort Story
  • Fort Ward
  • Fort Wool

Virgin Islands (U.S.)[]

  • Fort Christian
  • Fort Frederik
  • Fort Segarra
  • Fort Willoughby, Hassel Island

Washington[]

  • Fort Canby
  • Fort Casey, now a state park, some guns mounted
  • Fort Columbia, now a state park, one building open to the public
  • Fort Colville
  • Fort Dent
  • Fort Ebey
  • Fort Flagler
  • Fort George Wright
  • Camp Hayden, now a state park, bunkers remain
  • Fort Lawton
  • Fort Lewis
  • Fort Nez Percés (aka Old Fort Walla Walla)
  • Fort Nisqually, rebuilt as a living history museum
  • Fort Okanogan
  • Fort Simcoe, now a state park, recreated and partially open to the public
  • Fort Spokane
  • Fort Townsend
  • Fort Vancouver, fully recreated and open to the public
  • Fort Walla Walla, museum and living history pioneer village
  • Fort Ward, now a state park, some bunkers remain
  • Fort Whitman
  • Fort Worden, now a state park, bunkers remain, one building partially open to the public

Washington, D.C.[]

For a more comprehensive list, see Civil War Defenses of Washington.
  • Fort DeRussy
  • Fort McNair
  • Fort Stevens
  • Fort Totten

West Virginia[]

  • Fort Ashby
  • Fort Blair, a precursor to Fort Randolph
  • Fort Milroy
  • Fort Pearsall
  • Prickett's Fort
  • Fort Randolph

Wisconsin[]

  • Fort Crawford
  • Fort Howard
  • Fort McCoy
  • Fort Shelby/Fort McKay
  • Fort Winnebago

Wyoming[]

  • Fort Bridger
  • Camp Brown
  • Fort Caspar
  • Fort D.A. Russell
  • Fort Fetterman
  • Fort Francis E. Warren, now the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
  • Fort Fred Steele
  • Fort Halleck
  • Fort Laramie
  • Fort Phil Kearny
  • Fort Platte
  • Fort Reno
  • Fort Sanders
  • Camp Stambaugh
  • Fort Washakie
  • Fort Yellowstone

Cities and areas with Fort in the name[]

  • Fort Smith, Arkansas
  • Fort Bridger, Wyoming
  • Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Fort Coffee, Oklahoma
  • Fort Dodge, Iowa
  • Fort Garland, Colorado
  • Fort Hunt, Virginia
  • Fort Kent, Maine
  • Fort Laramie, Wyoming
  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Fort Lawn, South Carolina
  • Fort Lee, New Jersey
  • Fort Lee, Virginia
  • Fort Lupton, Colorado
  • Fort Mill, South Carolina
  • Fort Montgomery, New York
  • Fort Myers, Florida
  • Fort Pierre, South Dakota
  • Fort Rock, Oregon
  • Fort Thomas, Kentucky
  • Fort Washakie, Wyoming
  • Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Fort Worth, Texas
  • Ticonderoga, New York

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 3–4.
  2. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 10.
  3. ^ a b c Roberts 1988, p. 20.
  4. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 23–24.
  5. ^ a b Roberts 1988, p. 25.
  6. ^ a b Roberts 1988, p. 28.
  7. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 29.
  8. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 27–28.
  9. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 23.
  10. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 22–23.
  11. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 26, 28.
  12. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 27.
  13. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 21.
  14. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 224.
  15. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 241.
  16. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 247.
  17. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 386–387.
  18. ^ Roberts 1988, p. 527.
  19. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 533–534.
  20. ^ Roberts 1988, pp. 821–822.

Bibliography[]

  • Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
  • Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-926880-X.
  • Wade, Arthur P. (2011). Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794–1815. CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-2-2.
  • Weaver II, John R. (2018). A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, 2nd Ed. McLean, VA: Redoubt Press. ISBN 978-1-7323916-1-1.

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