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. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.

Alabama

Fort Armstrong A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Fort Bibb Fort Bibb was a stockade fort built in present-day Butler County, Alabama during the First Seminole War. History After the Ogly Massacre, many of the settlers in the surrounding area began to build protective stockades around their homes. Fort B ...

Fort Blakely A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Fort Bowyer Fort Bowyer was a short-lived earthen and stockade fortification that the United States Army erected in 1813 on Mobile Point, near the mouth of Mobile Bay in what is now Baldwin County, Alabama, but then was part of the Mississippi Territory. The ...

, later site of Fort Morgan *

Fort Carney Fort Carney was a stockade fort built in 1813 in present-day Clarke County, Alabama during the Creek War (part of the larger War of 1812). History Creek War After Red Stick warriors began attacking settlers in the area, many families joined toget ...

* Fort Charlotte *

Fort Claiborne Fort Claiborne was a stockade fort built in 1813 in present-day Monroe County, Alabama during the Creek War. History Creek War In the fall of 1813, General Thomas Fluornoy commanded General Ferdinand Claiborne to advance up the Alabama River f ...

Fort Crawford Fort Crawford was an outpost of the United States Army located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, during the 19th century. The army's occupation of Prairie du Chien spanned the existence of two fortifications, both of them named Fort Crawford. The ...

Fort Tombecbe Fort Tombecbe (Fort de Tombecbé), also spelled Tombecbee and Tombeché, was a stockade fort located on the Tombigbee River near the border of French Louisiana, in what is now Sumter County, Alabama. It was constructed under the leadership of Je ...

/Fort Confederación *

Fort Decatur Fort Decatur was a United States Army blockhouse erected on the ocean front of the far-western Rockaway Peninsula during the War of 1812. Its purpose was to protect New York Harbor from invaders, particularly British. After the war, the fort was ...

* Fort Deposit * Fort Gaines, historic fort open to the public * Fort Jackson *

Fort Louis de la Mobile Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 census. It is the fourth-most-populous city in Alabama, ...

Fort McClellan Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II, it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million tr ...

Fort Mims Mims or MIMS may refer to: Acronyms * Mandarin Immersion Magnet School, Houston, Texas * MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, a medical college near Hyderabad, India * Membrane-introduction mass spectrometry * Monthly Index of Medical Special ...

* Fort Montgomery *

Fort Morgan Fort Morgan can apply to any one of several places in the United States: *Fort Morgan (Alabama), a fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay *Fort Morgan, Alabama, a nearby community *Fort Morgan (Colorado), a frontier military post located in present-day Fo ...

, historic fort open to the public * Old Spanish Fort *

Fort Rucker Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located primarily in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training installation for U.S. Army Aviators and ...

Fort Sinquefield Fort Sinquefield is the historic site of a wooden stockade fortification in Clarke County, Alabama, near the modern town of Grove Hill. It was built by early Clarke County pioneers as protection during the Creek War and was attacked in 1813 by C ...

Fort Stoddert Fort Stoddert, also known as Fort Stoddard, was a stockade fort in the U.S. Mississippi Territory, in what is today Alabama. It was located on a bluff of the Mobile River, near modern Mount Vernon, close to the confluence of the Tombigbee and Al ...

Fort Strother Fort Strother was a stockade fort at Ten Islands in the Mississippi Territory, in what is today St. Clair County, Alabama. It was located on a bluff of the Coosa River, near the modern Neely Henry Dam in Ragland, Alabama. The fort was built by G ...

Fort Toulouse Fort Toulouse and Fort Jackson are two forts that shared the same site at the fork of the Coosa River and the Tallapoosa River, near Wetumpka, Alabama. Fort Toulouse Fort Toulouse (Muscogee: Franca choka chula), also called Fort des Alibamons a ...

* Fort Williams

Alaska

Fort Abercrombie Fort Abercrombie, in North Dakota, was an American fort established by authority of an act of Congress, March 3, 1857. The act allocated twenty-five square miles of land on the Red River of the North in Dakota Territory to be used for a military ...

* Fort Babcock *

Fort Brumback A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Fort Bulkley A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Fort Greely Fort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located about southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can ...

* Fort Learnard *

Fort McGilvray Fort McGilvray was a United States military fortification located on Caines Head, a cliff 650 feet above Resurrection Bay south of Seward, Alaska. The United States Army established a series of defensive positions along the coast of the bay durin ...

Fort Randall The Fort Randall Military Post was established in 1856 to help keep peace on the frontier. It was located on the south side of the Missouri River in South Dakota, just below the present site of the Fort Randall Dam. History The site for the f ...

Fort Raymond Fort Raymond or alternatively Manuel's Fort or Fort Manuel, was an outpost established by fur trader Manuel Lisa and was named after his son.Morris, Larry E. ''The Perilous West''. Lanham, MD: Row & Littlefield Publishing. 2013, p. 20. The post was ...

* Fort Richardson * Fort Peirce * Fort Rousseau *

Fort Schwatka The Aleutian World War II National Historic Area is a U.S. National Historic Site on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Island Chain of Alaska. It offers visitors a glimpse of both natural and cultural history, and traces the histori ...

* Fort J. H. Smith * Fort Tidball *

Fort Wainwright Fort Wainwright is a United States Army installation in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fort Wainwright is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the coterminous Fairbanks Metropolitan Statistical Area. The installation is managed by U.S. Army Garrison ...

Fort William H. Seward Fort William H. Seward, also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, is a site at Port Chilkoot in Haines Borough, Alaska, about from the city of Haines. It was the last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the ...

Fort Yukon Fort Yukon (''Gwichyaa Zheh'' in Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska Natives, was 583 at the 2010 census, down from 595 ...

* Post of Sitka * Redoubt St. Gabriel * Fort Kodiak * Fort Kenay * Fort St. Nicholas *

Fort St. George Fort St. George (or historically, White Town) is a fortress in the coastal city of Chennai, India. Founded in 1639, it was the first English (later British) fortress in India. The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further ...

Fort Wrangell The City and Borough of Wrangell ( tli, Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, russian: Врангель) is a List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 2, ...

* Redoubt St. Dionysius *

Fort Tongass Fort Tongass was a United States Army base on Tongass Island, in the southernmost Alaska Panhandle, located adjacent to the village of the group of Tlingit people on the east side of the island.

Fort St. Paul A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Fort St. Michael *

Fort Egbert Fort Egbert was a U.S. Army base in Eagle, Alaska. It operated from 1899 to 1911. History Fort Egbert was established in 1899, during the Klondike Gold Rush, as U.S. Army headquarters in the District of Alaska. It was named by U.S. President Wil ...

Chilkoot Barracks Fort William H. Seward, also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, is a site at Port Chilkoot in Haines Borough, Alaska, about from the city of Haines. It was the last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the ...

* Camp Skagway * Camp Dyea *

Fort Gibbon Fort Gibbon was a U.S. Army base near Tanana, Alaska. It was active from 1899 to 1923. History In response to reports of lawlessness in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, six forts were built in the territory at the end of the 19th century. Th ...

* Camp Rampart * Fort Davis

Arizona

* Fort Apache * Fort Flanders *

Fort Bowie Fort Bowie was a 19th-century outpost of the United States Army located in southeastern Arizona near the present day town of Willcox, Arizona. The remaining buildings and site are now protected as Fort Bowie National Historic Site. Fort Bowie ...

* Fort Buchanan *

Fort Crittenden Fort Crittenden, originally Camp Crittenden, was a United States Army post built in 1867 three miles from Sonoita, Arizona along Sonoita Creek. It was established for campaigning against the Apache and to protect American pioneers in the area. ...

* Fort Defiance *

Fort Grant Fort Amador ( es, Fuerte Amador) and Fort Grant were former United States Army bases built to protect the Pacific (southern) end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay. Amador was the primary on-land site, lying below the Bridge of the Americas. Grant ...

Fort Huachuca Fort Huachuca is a United States Army installation, established on 3 March 1877 as Camp Huachuca. The garrison is now under the command of the United States Army Installation Management Command. It is in Cochise County in southeast Arizona, appr ...

Fort Lowell Fort Lowell was a United States Army post active from 1873 to 1891 on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona. Fort Lowell was the successor to Camp Lowell, an earlier Army installation.http://www.oflna.org/fort_lowell_museum/ftlowell.htm Fort Lowell, ...

Fort McDonald A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Fort McDowell * Fort Milligan * Fort Misery *

Fort Mojave Fort Mohave was originally named Camp Colorado when it was established on April 19, 1859 by Lieutenant Colonel William Hoffman during the Mohave War. It was located on the east bank of the Colorado River, at Beale's Crossing, near the head of t ...

Fort Rock Fort Rock is a tuff ring located on an ice age lake bed in north Lake County, Oregon, United States. The ring is about in diameter and stands about high above the surrounding plain. Its name is derived from the tall, straight sides that resem ...

* Fort Tyson (Charles) *

Fort Utah Fort Utah (also known as Fort Provo) was the original white settlement at Provo, Utah, United States, and was established March 12, 1849. The original settlers were President John S. Higbee and about 30 families or 150 persons that were sent fr ...

Fort Verde A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

, historic buildings open to the public * Fort Whipple *

Fort Yuma Fort Yuma was a fort in California located in Imperial County, across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona. It was on the Butterfield Overland Mail route from 1858 until 1861 and was abandoned May 16, 1883, and transferred to the Department of ...

Arkansas

* Fort Smith * Fort Roots

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Fort Griswold Fort Griswold is a former American defensive fortification in Groton, Connecticut named after Deputy Governor Matthew Griswold. The fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, in correspondence with Fort Trumbull ...

Fort Nathan Hale Fort Nathan Hale, also known as Fort Hale Park, Black Rock, is a city park located on the east shore of New Haven Harbor in New Haven, Connecticut. It includes the site of a 1659 fort, a Revolutionary War-era fort, and a Civil War-era fort. Th ...

, reconstructed historic fort open to the public *

Fort Trumbull Fort Trumbull is a fort near the mouth of the Thames River on Long Island Sound in New London, Connecticut and named for Governor Jonathan Trumbull. The original fort was built in 1777, but the present fortification was built between 1839 and ...

, historic fort open to the public * Fort Stamford Site

Delaware

Fort Casimir Fort Casimir or Fort Trinity was a Dutch fort in the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland. It was located on a no-longer existing barrier island at the end of Chestnut Street in what is now New Castle, Delaware. Background The Dutch c ...

Fort Christina Fort Christina (also called Fort Altena) was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Queen Christina of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 ...

Fort Delaware Fort Delaware is a former harbor defense facility, designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten and located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.Dobbs, Kelli W., et al. During the American Civil War, the Union used Fort Delaware as a ...

, historic fort open to the public * Fort du Pont *

Fort Miles Fort Miles was a United States Army World War II installation located on Cape Henlopen near Lewes, Delaware. Although funds to build the fort were approved in 1934, it was 1938 before construction began on the fort. On 3 June 1941 it was name ...

, one tower open to public while in renovation * Fort Saulsbury

Florida

Georgia

Fort Benning Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ...

* Fort Gaines *

Fort Gordon Fort Gordon, formerly known as Camp Gordon, is a United States Army installation established in October 1941. It is the current home of the United States Army Signal Corps, United States Army Cyber Command, and the Cyber Center of Excellence. It ...

Fort Greene Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the west, ...

, destroyed by hurricane 1804 *

Fort Frederica A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Fort Gillem Fort Gillem was a United States Army Post located in Forest Park, Georgia, on the southeast edge of Atlanta in Clayton County. Founded in 1941, it was a satellite installation of nearby Fort McPherson. The base housed different supply and suppor ...

* Fort Hawkins, partial re-creation sometimes open to the public *

Fort James Jackson Fort James Jackson (usually shortened to Fort Jackson and informally known as Old Fort Jackson) is a restored nineteenth-century fort located one mile east of Savannah, Georgia, on the Savannah River. It hosts the Fort Jackson Maritime Museum. ...

(aka Old Fort Jackson or Fort Oglethorpe), historic fort open to the public *

Fort King George __NOTOC__ Fort King George State Historic Site is a fort located in the U.S. state of Georgia in McIntosh County, adjacent to Darien. The fort was built in 1721 along what is now known as the Darien River and served as the southernmost outpost ...

, re-constructed fort, now a state historic park *

Fort McAllister Fort McAllister was a Confederate earthen-work fort used to defend Savannah, Georgia during the American Civil War. It was the southernmost of the forts defending Savannah and was involved in the most battles. It was located on the Ogeechee River ...

, state park with preserved earthwork fortification and museum *

Fort McPherson Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in Atlanta, Georgia, bordering the northern edge of the city of East Point, Georgia. It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Southeast Region; the U.S. Ar ...

* Fort at Point Petre, aka Fort Point Peter *

Fort Pulaski A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

, historic fort open to the public * Fort Scott *

Fort Screven Tybee Island is a city and a barrier island located in Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, 18 miles (29 km) east of Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, United States. Though the name "Tybee Island" is used for bo ...

Fort Stewart Fort Stewart is a United States Army post in the U.S. state of Georgia. It lies primarily in Liberty and Bryan counties, but also extends into smaller portions of Evans, Long and Tattnall counties. The population was 11,205 at the 2000 census. Th ...

Hawaii

Fort Barrette A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Fort DeRussy *

Fort Hase Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), formerly Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County ...

Fort Kamehameha Fort Kamehameha was a United States Army military base that was the site of several coastal artillery batteries to defend Pearl Harbor starting in 1907 in Honolulu, Hawaii. History The eastern areas of the fort were in the district called Moanalua ...

Russian Fort Elizabeth Pā'ula'ula State Historical Park (Russian Fort Elizabeth) is a National Historic Landmark and is administered as the Pā'ula'ula State Historical Park just southeast of present-day Waimea on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is located at the si ...

Fort Ruger Fort Ruger is a fort on the island of Oahu that served as the first military reservation in the Territory of Hawaii. Named after Civil War General Thomas H. Ruger and built in and around Diamond Head Crater, the fort was established by the Unite ...

Schofield Barracks Schofield Barracks is a United States Army installation and census-designated place (CDP) located in the City and County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Oahu, Hawaii, Hawaii. Schofield Barracks lies adj ...

, a large installation, the home of the 25th Infantry Division *

Fort Shafter Fort Shafter, in Honolulu CDP, Page 4/ref> City and County of Honolulu, Hawai‘i, is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific, which commands most Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region with the exception of Korea. Geographically, Fort ...

, 1907, Headquarters, US Army of the Pacific * Fort Weaver

Idaho

Fort Boise Fort Boise is either of two different locations in the western United States, both in southwestern Idaho. The first was a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading post near the Snake River on what is now the Oregon border (in present-day Canyon County ...

Camp Connor Camp Connor was a Union Army outpost established May 23, 1863 by Captain David Black, 3rd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, by order of Brigadier General Patrick Edward Connor commander of the District of Utah, Department of the Pacific for wh ...

Fort Hall Fort Hall was a fort in the western United States that was built in 1834 as a fur trading post by Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth. It was located on the Snake River in the eastern Oregon Country, now part of present-day Bannock County in southeastern Ida ...

, re-constructed fort (in Pocatello) open to the public *

Fort Lapwai Fort Lapwai (1862–1884), was a Federal government of the United States, federal Fortification#North America, fort in present-day Lapwai, Idaho, Lapwai in North Central Idaho, north central Idaho, United States. On the Nez Perce people#Nez P ...

Fort Sherman Fort Sherman is a former United States Army base in Panama, located on Toro Point at the Caribbean (northern) end of the Panama Canal, on the western bank of the Canal directly opposite Colón (which is on the eastern bank). It was the primary d ...

Illinois

Fort de Chartres Fort de Chartres was a French fortification first built in 1720 on the east bank of the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois. It was used as the administrative center for the province, which was part of New France. Due generally to river floo ...

Fort Dearborn Fort Dearborn was a United States fort built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. ...

Fort Johnson Fort Johnson was a U.S. Army post built on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in modern-day Warsaw, Illinois, during the War of 1812. The fort was established in September 1814 by Major Zachary Taylor, future 12th President of the United Stat ...

Fort Kaskaskia Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre (0.8 km²) park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River. It commemorates the vanished frontier town of '' Old Kaskaskia'' and the support it gave to George ...

, 1759 *

Fort Massac Fort Massac (or Fort Massiac) was a French colonial and early National-era fort on the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, United States. Its site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. History The Spanish explorer ...

* Fort Sheridan

Indiana

Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president, Benjamin Harrison. History In 1901, ...

* Fort Finney renamed Fort Steuben * Fort Harrison *Fort Clark, a stockade built around Clarksville in 1783 *

Fort Ouiatenon Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wabash River located approximately three miles ...

(not a U.S. military fort) * Fort Vincennes (including Fort Knox I and II, Fort Sackville and Fort Patrick Henry) *

Fort Wayne Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...

/ Fort Miami

Iowa

* Fort Atkinson (1840–1849) * Fort Des Moines I, II, and III (1834–present) *

Fort Dodge Fort Dodge is a city in, and the county seat of, Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 24,871 in the 2020 census, a decrease from 25,136 in 2000. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Cen ...

(1850–1853) *

Fort Madison Fort Madison is a city and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States along with Keokuk. Of Iowa's 99 counties, Lee County is the only one with two county seats. The population was 10,270 at the time of the 2020 census. Located along the ...

(1808–1813)

Kansas

* Fort Atkinson *

Fort Aubrey Fort Aubrey, in eastern Hamilton County, Kansas, was established by the US Army in the 1850s. It originally had no name and was not made a truly permanent post until 1865. It was originally established to serve as a temporary resting place for ...

* Aubry's Post * Fort Bain *

Barnesville's Post Barnesville's Post located near Barnesville, in Bourbon County, Kansas, was the site of military camps for stretches of time during the American Civil War. The first mention of a camp there came from a report written on September 4, 1861, by Sen. ...

Fort Belmont Fort Belmont, in southern Woodson County, Kansas, was built about 1860 near the town of Belmont. It was to protect the settlers there from attacks by Border Ruffians and Indians. The fort consisted of three or four officer cabins, a redoubt about ...

*Fort Bissell (a trading post at what is now

Phillipsburg, KS Phillipsburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,337. History Phillipsburg was organized in 1872 and named the county seat due to its central location in t ...

) *

Fort Blair (Fort Scott) In spring and possibly through summer 1864, three blockhouses were constructed to help defend the town and post of Fort Scott. These were Fort Blair, Fort Henning and Fort Insley. Fort Blair was enclosed by a rectangular wall of log palisades cove ...

Fort Brooks Fort Brooks, in northwest Clay County, Kansas, was located three miles west of Clifton, Kansas. Built on the north bank of the Republican River in August or September 1864, it was named for George D. Brooks. Brooks, an ensign in the Shirley Coun ...

* Burlingame's Fort * Camp Ben Butler *

Fort de Cavagnial Fort de Cavagnial (also known as Fort Cavagnolle, Fort Cavagnal, Post of the Missouri, or Fort de la Trinité) was a French fort and trading post located on the west cliffs of the Missouri River, somewhere north of Kansas City, Kansas, and Fort ...

(sometimes seen as Fort Cavagnolle) *

Chapman's Dugout In the early 1860s Stephen B. Chapman and his family lived on a farm near the town of Black Jack, south of Lawrence, Kansas. In summer 1863 Bushwhackers began traveling through the area, terrorizing the citizens. After William C. Quantrill's Law ...

* A.P. Chouteau's Fort * Fort Clifton *

Fort Clinton Fort Clinton was an American Revolutionary War fort erected by the Continental Army on the west bank of the Hudson River in 1776. Protecting the chain It was one of a pair of fortifications which straddled the confluence of Popolopen Creek, sta ...

* Coldwater Grove's Post * Council Grove's Post *

Camp Defiance Camp Defiance was a military encampment in eastern Kansas, U.S., during 1861–1862. In December 1861, the town of Potosi, Kansas, along the Kansas-Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st ...

* Fort Downer * Fort Drinkwater * Camp Drywood * Eggert House *

Fort Ellsworth Fort Ellsworth was a timber and earthwork fortification constructed west of Alexandria, Virginia, as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. Built in the weeks following the Union defeat at Bull Run, Fort Ellswort ...

Fort Expedient A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Fort Fletcher A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Fort Folly * Fort Harker *

Fort Hays Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Reopened as a historical park in 1 ...

Fort Henning In spring and probably into summer 1864 Fort Henning was constructed. It, along with Fort Blair (Fort Scott) and Fort Insley, was built to help protect the city and post of Fort Scott. Fort Henning, located at the intersection of Second and Nati ...

Fort Humboldt A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Camp Hunter Camp Hunter was established in June 1862 or a bit earlier at what is now Baxter Springs, Kansas. It was established by Union troops. At the same time Indian Home Guard regiments established a camp nearby on Little Five Mile Creek. The white so ...

Indian Home Guard Camp (Baxter Springs) In June 1862 two Union camps were established in the vicinity of what is today Baxter Springs, Kansas. One was Camp Hunter, located in what is now the center of the town. The other was the Indian Home Guard Camp, located at Little Five Mile Creek ...

Fort Insley In spring and summer 1864 Fort Blair, Fort Henning and Fort Insley were constructed to help protect the town and post of Fort Scott from Confederate forces. Fort Insley was named for Capt. Martain H. Insley. It was located just northeast of to ...

* Fort Jewell * Fort Kansas * Fort Kanses * Fort Lane *

Fort Larned Fort Larned National Historic Site preserves Fort Larned which operated from 1859 to 1878. It is approximately west of Larned, Kansas, United States. History The Camp on Pawnee Fork was established on October 22, 1859 to protect traffic al ...

Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth () is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., an ...

* Fort Lecompton * Fort Lincoln * Fort Lincoln blockhouse * Fort Lookout * Fort Mann * Fort McKean *

Fort Montgomery (Eureka) Fort Montgomery in the town of Eureka, Kansas was built in summer 1861 by local citizens for protection against Indian attacks and Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a u ...

Fort Montgomery (Linn County) Fort Montgomery was a fortress home constructed of logs by James Montgomery in 1855 five miles west of Mound City, Kansas, in Linn County. Montgomery was a free-state leader in Kansas Territory. This was after southerners burned his previous ca ...

Fort Monument A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

Mount Oread Civil War posts Lawrence, Kansas was not well defended in the early part of the Civil War. That ended with William Quantrill's devastating guerrilla raid August 21, 1863. By early 1864 Union soldiers were permanently camped on the top and slopes of Mount Oread, t ...

Fort Podunk A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Fort Pyramid *

Fort Riley Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 101,733 acres (41,170 ha) in Gear ...

* Fort Roach *

Fort Row Fort Row, located on the south bank of the Verdigris River and east of the present town of Coyville, Kansas, was built in the fall of 1861, probably in October. It was built by the local mounted militia for their use. However, the fort became asso ...

* Fort Saunders * Fort Scott *

Fort Simple Fort Simple was an American fort built in Topeka, Kansas, as a result of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Missouri Raid in the late summer and fall of 1864 (see Price's Raid). Topeka had become the permanent capital of the State of Kansas in 1861, but no ...

Fort Solomon In early 1864 settlers in Ottawa County, Kansas, began building Fort Solomon and completed it by the spring or summer. This structure replaced the much smaller dugout owned by the Chapman family and used as a refuge in times of trouble (see Chapma ...

Fort Sully (Fort Leavenworth) Fort Sully was an earthwork artillery battery built on the plateau of Hancock Hill, the highest hill west of Fort Leavenworth, in September and October 1864. Its purpose was to boost the defenses of Fort Leavenworth in case Confederate forces und ...

Fort Sumner Fort Sumner was a military fort in New Mexico Territory charged with the internment of Navajo and Mescalero Apache populations from 1863 to 1868 at nearby Bosque Redondo. History On October 31, 1862, Congress authorized the construction of For ...

Fort Titus Fort Titus was the fortress residence of pro-slavery advocate Henry T. Titus, built in Kansas in April 1856, during a period when forces aligned with Titus came into conflict with free-state settlers. The wider conflict, which emerged from a po ...

* Fort de la Trinité * Fort Village * Fort Wakarusa *

Fort Wallace Fort Wallace ( 1865–1882) was a US Cavalry fort built in Wallace County, Kansas to help defend settlers against Cheyenne and Sioux raids. All that remains today is the cemetery, but for a period of over a decade Fort Wallace was one of the most ...

* Fort Wichita * Fort Wyncoop *

Fort Zarah Fort Zarah was a fort in Barton County, Kansas, northeast of present-day Great Bend, Kansas, that was used from 1864 to 1869. Dates of operation In July 1864, because of frequent attacks from indigenous tribes in the area, Camp Dunlap was establ ...

Kentucky

Fort at the Falls A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

*Fort Boonesborough,

Fort Boonesborough State Park Fort Boonesborough was a frontier fort in Kentucky, founded by Daniel Boone and his men following their crossing of the Kentucky River on April 1, 1775. The settlement they founded, known as Boonesborough, Kentucky, is Kentucky's second oldest Eu ...

Fort Campbell Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee, Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky). F ...

*Fort Harrod,

Old Fort Harrod State Park Old Fort Harrod State Park is a park located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in the United States. The park encompasses and features a reconstruction of Fort Harrod, the first permanent American settlement in the state of Kentucky. The park was founde ...

*Fort Hartford, Hartford, KY *

Fort Knox Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold res ...

* Fort Nelson *

Newport Barracks Newport Barracks was a military barracks on the Ohio River, across from Cincinnati, Ohio in Newport, Kentucky. It was operational from 1803 until 1894. History In 1803, James Taylor Jr. solicited the help of his cousin, James Madison, who was th ...

Fort Vienna Calhoun is a home rule-class city in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 763 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of McLean County. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography C ...

, Calhoun, KY * Fort William *

Spring Fort Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...

Louisiana

* Fort Jackson * Fort Livingston *

Fort Macomb Fort Macomb is a 19th-century United States brick fort in Louisiana, on the western shore of Chef Menteur Pass. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally within t ...

Fort Pike Fort Pike State Historic Site is a decommissioned 19th-century United States fort, named after Brigadier General Zebulon Pike. It was built following the War of 1812 to guard the Rigolets pass in Louisiana, a strait from the Gulf of Mexico, via L ...

Fort Polk Fort Polk is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish. It was named to honor Leonidas Polk, the first ...

Fort Proctor Fort Proctor is a ruined 19th century fort in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA. It is also known as Fort Beauregard or Beauregard's Castle (after P.G.T. Beauregard, who supervised its construction with the architect J.G. Totten). The fort is ...

/Fort Beauregard *

Fort St. Philip Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river. It formerly served a ...

Maine

* Fort Allen *

Fort Baldwin Fort Baldwin is a former coastal defence and fortification, coastal defense fortification near the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine, United States, preserved as the Fort Baldwin State Historic Site. It was named after Jeduthan Bald ...

, historic fort open to the public *

Fort Edgecomb Fort Edgecomb, built in 1808–1809, is a two-story octagonal wooden blockhouse with restored fortifications located on Davis Island in the town of Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine, United States. It is the centerpiece of the Fort Edgecomb Sta ...

, historic fort open to the public *

Fort Foster Fort Foster (now known as Fort Foster Historic Site) is a Second Seminole War era fort in central Florida, located south of current-day Zephyrhills, Florida, Zephyrhills in Pasco County, Florida, Pasco County. Fort Foster was originally built ...

, historic fort open to the public * Fort George, state park *

Fort Gorges Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine. Built from 1858 to 1864, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there. Advancing military technology, including iron clad ship ...

, historic fort open to the public * Fort Halifax, reconstructed fort *Fort Kent (fort), Fort Kent, a blockhouse remains *Fort Knox (Maine), Fort Knox, now a state park, historic fort *Fort Levett, on a privately owned island *Fort Lyon (Maine), Fort Lyon *Fort McClary, now a state memorial, historic blockhouse is a museum *Fort McKinley (Maine), 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 (Maine), Fort Sullivan *Fort Sumner (Maine), Fort Sumner *Fort Williams (Maine), Fort Williams, now a town park open to the public *Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine), Fort William Henry, reconstructed as a park

Maryland

*Fort Armistead, abandoned historic fort *Fort Carroll, abandoned historic fort *Fort Cumberland (Maryland), Fort Cumberland *Fort Defiance (Maryland), Fort Defiance, abandoned historic fort *Fort Detrick *Fort Foote *Fort Frederick State Park, Fort Frederick, now a state park, restored historic fort *Fort George G. Meade *Fort Howard (Maryland), Fort Howard *Fort Madison (Maryland), Fort Madison, at US Naval Academy, demolished *Fort McHenry, premier restored historic fort *Fort Ritchie, Formerly Camp Humphreys, Closed 1996 *Fort Severn, at US Naval Academy, demolished *Fort Smallwood *Fort Washington Park, Fort Washington

Massachusetts

*Acushnet Fort *Fort Andrew *Fort Andrews *Fort Banks Mortar Battery, Fort Banks, historic battery *Fort Dawes *Fort Defiance (Massachusetts), Fort Defiance *Fort Devens *Fort Duvall *East Point Military Reservation *Eastern Point Fort *Fort Heath *Fort Independence (Massachusetts), Fort Independence, historic fort open to the public *Long Point Battery *Fort Miller (Massachusetts), Fort Miller *Fort Phoenix *Fort Pickering *Fort Revere Park, Fort Revere *Fort Rodman *Fort Ruckman *Fort Sewall *Stage Fort *Fort Standish (Boston, Massachusetts), Fort Standish (Boston) *Fort Standish (Plymouth, Massachusetts), Fort Standish (Plymouth) *Fort Strong *Fort Rodman, Fort Taber *Fort Warren (Massachusetts), Fort Warren, historic fort open to the public *Fort Washington (Massachusetts), Fort Washington *Fort Winthrop

Michigan

*Fort de Buade *Fort Detroit *Fort Holmes *Fort Mackinac *Fort Miami (Michigan), Fort Miami *Fort Michilimackinac *Fort St. Joseph (Niles, Michigan), Fort St. Joseph (Niles) *Fort St. Joseph (Port Huron), rebuilt as Fort Gratiot *Fort Wayne (Detroit) *Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, Fort Wilkins

Minnesota

*Fort Beauharnois *Fort Duquesne (Minnesota), Fort Duquesne *Fort L'Huillier *Fort Ridgely *Fort Ripley (Minnesota fort), Fort Ripley *Fort St. Charles *Fort Snelling

Mississippi

*Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi), Fort Massachusetts *Fort Maurepas

Missouri

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

Montana

*Fort Assinniboine *Fort C. F. Smith (Fort Smith, Montana), Fort C. F. Smith *Fort Ellis *Fort Keogh *Fort Parker *Fort William Henry Harrison *Fort Missoula *Fort Benton, Montana#History, Fort Benton

Nebraska

*Alkali Station *Armas de Francia *Fort Atkinson (Nebraska), Fort Atkinson *Camp Augur *Beauvais Station Post *Fort Beaver Valley *Fort Bellevue *Bordeaux Trading Post *Cabanne's Trading Post *Fort Calhoun *Fort Carlos *Fort Charles (Nebraska), Fort Charles *Fort Childs *Fort Clarke *Columbia Fur Co. Post *Columbus Post *Fort Cottonwood *Post Cottonwood Springs *Camp Council Bluff *Cantonment Council Bluffs *Nebraska, Fort Crook *Crooks & McClelland Post *Cruzatte's Post *Elm Creek Fort *Fontenelle's Post *Fort Gillette *Gilman's Station Post *Grand Island, Nebraska, Post at Grand Island *Fort Grattan *Fort Hartsuff *Fort Heath (Nebraska), Fort Heath *Fort Independence (Nebraska), Fort Independence *Junction Station Post *Fort Kearny *Camp Keya Paha *Fort Kiowa *Liberty Pole Camp *Fort Lisa (Nebraska), Fort Lisa *Little Blue Station Post *Mackay's House *Camp McKean *Cantonment McKean *Fort McPherson, Nebraska, Fort McPherson *Camp Meiklejohn *Military Bridge Camp *Fort Mirage Flats *Camp Missouri *Cantonment Missouri *Camp Mitchell *Fort Mitchell, Nebraska, Fort Mitchell *Fort Montrose *Mullaly's Ranch Post *Fort Niobrara *North Platte Station *O'Fallon's Bluffs Post *Omaha Barracks *Fort Omaha *Omaha Post *Post of the Otos *Pawnee Post *Pawnee Ranch Post *Pilcher's Post *Plum Creek Post *Ponca Fort (Nanza) *Ponca Post *Camp Recovery *Camp Red Willow *Robideaux Pass Post *Fort Robinson, Camp Robinson *Fort Robinson *St. Deroin Fort *Camp Sargent *Sarpy's Post *Camp Saunders *Camp Sheridan (Nebraska), Camp Sheridan *Fort Sheridan *Sherman Barracks *Camp Sherman (Nebraska), Camp Sherman *Camp Shuman *Sidney Barracks *Fort Sidney *Post at Spotted Tail Agency

Nevada

*Fort Churchill State Historic Park, Fort Churchill *Fort Halleck (Nevada), Fort Halleck

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 (New Hampshire), Fort Dearborn *Fort Stark *Fort Washington (New Hampshire), 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 Historic Park, Fort Lee *Fort Hancock, New Jersey, Fort Hancock *Fort Mercer *Fort Monmouth *Fort Mott (New Jersey), Fort Mott *Fortifications of New Netherland *Fort Nonsense (Morristown, New Jersey), Fort Nonsense

New Mexico

*Fort Bascom *Bayard, New Mexico, Fort Bayard *Fort Craig *Fort Cummings *Fort Fauntleroy (aka Fort Wingate) *Fort Fillmore *Fort Marcy (New Mexico), Fort Marcy *Fort McRae *Fort Selden *Fort Stanton *

*Fort Thorn, New Mexico, Fort Thorn (aka Fort Thorne) *Fort Tularosa *Fort Union National Monument, Fort Union *Fort Webster *Fort Wingate (aka Fort Lyon)

New York

*Fort Amsterdam *Castle Clinton *

*Fort Columbus *Fort Crown Point *Fort Drum *Fort Edward (town), New York, Fort Edward *Fort Gansevoort *Fort Gibson (New York and New Jersey), Fort Gibson *Fort Greene Park, Fort Greene *Fort Hamilton *Camp Hero *Fort Jay *Fort Lafayette *Fort Lévis *Madison Barracks, begun as Fort Pike *Fort Michie *Fort Montgomery (Hudson River) *Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain) *Forts of New Netherland *Fort Niagara *Fort Ontario *Fort de La Présentation *Fort Schuyler *Fort Slocum (New York), Fort Slocum *Fort Stanwix, reconstructed living history museum *Fort Terry *Fort Ticonderoga *Fort Tilden *Fort Tompkins (Buffalo, New York) *Fort Tompkins (Plattsburgh, New York) *Fort Tompkins (Sackets Harbor, New York) *Fort Tompkins (Staten Island) *Fort Totten (New York), Fort Totten *Gardiners Point Island, Fort Tyler *Fort Wadsworth *Fort Washington (New York), Fort Washington *Battery Weed *Fort William Henry *Castle Williams *Fort Wood (New York), Fort Wood *Fort H. G. Wright

North Carolina

*Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Fort Bragg *Fort Branch (North Carolina), Fort Branch *Fort Caswell, now private property *Fort Fisher, partly reconstructed fortifications with museum and guided tours *Fort Greene, North Carolina, Fort Greene *Fort Hampton *Fort Johnston (North Carolina), Fort Johnston *Fort Lane (North Carolina), Fort Lane *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

*Fort Abercrombie *Fort Abraham Lincoln *Fort Buford *Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site, Fort Clark *Fort Mandan *Fort Ransom, North Dakota, Fort Ransom *Fort Rice *Fort Seward (North Dakota), Fort Seward *Fort Stevenson *Fort Totten State Historic Site, Fort Totten *Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Fort Union

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 *Piqua, Ohio#History, Fort Pickawillany *Hockingport, Ohio#History, Fort Gower *Wapakoneta, Ohio#History, Fort Au Glaize *Fort Sandusky, Fort Junandat (possibly mis-transliteration of "Wyandot"), a trading post *Fort Laurens (occasionally spelled ''Lawrence'') *Fort Sandoské *Fort Sandusky#British Fort Sandusky (1761-1763), Fort Sandusky (1761) post-revolutionary forts *Campus Martius (Ohio), Campus Martius *Fort Adams (Ohio), Fort Adams *Fort Defiance (Ohio), Fort Defiance (in 1812, Fort Winchester was erected on the same site) *Roche de Bout, Fort Deposit *Belmont County, Ohio#History, Fort Dille also known as Dillies Fort and Dilles Bottom, Ohio, Dilles Bottom *Treaty of Fort Finney, Fort Finney *Fort Frye *Fort Greene Ville *Hamilton, Ohio#History, 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 (Ohio), Fort Jefferson, originally Fort Deposit *Fort Loramie, Ohio#History, Fort Loramie (or Laramie) *Fort Miami (Ohio), Fort Miamis *Piqua, Ohio#History, Fort Piqua *Fort Recovery *Fort St. Clair *St. Marys, Ohio, Fort St. Mary's (in 1812, Fort Barbee was erected on the same site) *Fort Steuben *Fort Washington (Cincinnati, Ohio), Fort Washington War of 1812 era forts *Fort Amanda *Fort Ball *St. Mary's, Ohio, Fort Barbee, also called Fort St. Mary's *Fort Brown *Upper Sandusky, Ohio#History, Fort Feree (also spelled Ferree) *Fort Findlay *Cleveland#History, Fort Huntington, originally Camp Harrison *Fort Jennings *Kenton, Ohio#History, Fort McArthur *Fort Meigs *Fort Seneca, Ohio, Fort Seneca; also see Old Fort, Ohio *Fort Stephenson originally Fort Sandusky (not the same as Fort Sandusky (1761)) *Defiance, Ohio#History, Fort Winchester Civil War forts *Fort Hayes, originally Columbus Arsenal, an Ohio Militia depot 20th century forts

Oklahoma

*Fort Arbuckle (Oklahoma), Fort Arbuckle *Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, Fort Cobb *Fort Coffee, Oklahoma, Fort Coffee *Fort Gibson *Camp Gruber *Fort McCulloch *Camp Nichols, Fort Nichols *Fort Reno (Oklahoma), Fort Reno *Fort Sill *Fort Supply (Oklahoma), Fort Supply *Fort Towson *Fort Washita *Fort Wayne (Indian Territory), Fort Wayne

Oregon

*Fort Astoria *Fort Clatsop *Fort Dalles *Fort Hoskins *Fort Klamath *Fort Lane (Oregon), Fort Lane *Fort Stevens (Oregon), Fort Stevens *Fort William (Oregon), Fort William *Fort Yamhill

Pennsylvania

*Fort Augusta *Fort Bedford *Fort Crawford (Pennsylvania), Fort Crawford *Fort Duart A French and Indian War work along the Forbes Road. *Fort Duquesne *Fort Granville *Fort Halifax (Pennsylvania), Fort Halifax *Fort Hunter *Fort Jones (Mount Oliver) *Fort Laughlin *Fort Le Boeuf *Fort Ligonier *Fort Machault *Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania), Fort McIntosh *Fort Mifflin *Fort Necessity *Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania), Fort Pitt *Fort Presque Isle *Fort Robert Smalls *Fort Roberdeau *Fort Venango

Puerto Rico

*Fort Amezquita *Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico *El Cañuelo *Fort San Cristóbal (Puerto Rico) *Fort San Felipe del Morro *Fortín de San Gerónimo *Fuerte de Vieques

Rhode Island

*Fort Adams *Goat Island (Rhode Island), Fort Anne *Fort Barton Site, Fort Barton *Fort Burnside *Fort Church (Rhode Island), Fort Church *Conanicut Battery *Fort Dumpling *Fort Getty *Fort Greble (Rhode Island), Fort Greble *Fort Greene (Newport, Rhode Island), Fort Greene (Newport) *Fort Greene (Narragansett, Rhode Island), Fort Greene (Narragansett) *Fort Hamilton Historic District, Fort Hamilton *Fort Kearny (Rhode Island), Fort Kearny *Fort Mansfield *Fort Ninigret *Queen's Fort *Fort Varnum *Fort Wetherill *Fort Wolcott

South Carolina

*The Battery (Charleston), The Battery *Fort Charlotte (South Carolina), Fort Charlotte *Fort Fremont *Fort Howell *Fort Jackson (South Carolina), Fort Jackson *Fort Johnson (South Carolina), Fort Johnson *Fort Lyttelton Site, Fort Lyttleton, also called Fort Marion *Fort Motte *Fort Moultrie *Ninety Six National Historic Site, Old Ninety Six and Star Fort *Castle Pinckney *Fort Prince George (South Carolina), Fort Prince George *Fort Sumter *Fort Wagner *Fort Walker (Hilton Head), Fort Walker, also called Fort Welles

South Dakota

*Fort Bennett *Fort Brule *Fort Buckingham *Fort Cedar (South Dakota), Fort Cedar *Camp Cheyenne *Fort Dakota *Fort Defiance, Custer County, South Dakota, Fort Defiance *Fort Dole *Camp Edwards (South Dakota), Camp Edwards *Camp George Dewey *Post at Grand River Indian Agency *Fort Hutchinson *Fort James (South Dakota), Fort James *Fort Lookout, Brule County, South Dakota, Fort Lookout *Fort Meade (South Dakota), Fort Meade *Fort Randall, South Dakota, Fort Randall *Camp Rapid *Camp Reynolds (South Dakota), Camp Reynolds *Post at Rosebud Indian Agency *Fort Sisseton *Fort Sully (South Dakota), Fort Sully *Fort Thompson, South Dakota, Fort Thompson *Camp Warren *Post at Whetstone Indian Agency *Fort Yankton

Tennessee

Texas

*Alamo Mission in San Antonio, The Alamo *Fort Bliss *Fort Brown *Fort Concho *Fort Crockett *Fort D. A. Russell (Texas), Fort D. A. Russell *Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis *Fort Hood *Fort Saint Louis (Texas), Fort Saint Louis *Fort San Jacinto *Fort Travis *Fort Worth

Utah

*Fort Buenaventura *Cove Fort *Fort Cameron *Fort Deseret *Fort Douglas *Fort Duchesne, Utah, Fort Duchesne *Fort Utah

Vermont

Virginia

*Fort A.P. Hill *Fort Albany (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Albany *Fort Boykin *Craney Island (Virginia), Craney Island Fort *Fort Ethan Allen (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Ethan Allen *Fort Eustis *Fort Huger *Fort Hunt Park, Fort Hunt *Fort John Custis *Fort Lee (Virginia), Fort Lee *Fort Loudoun (Virginia), Fort Loudoun *Fort Monroe *Fort Nelson (Virginia), Fort Nelson *Fort Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Fort Norfolk *Fort Myer *Fort Pickett *Fort Pocahontas *Fort Powhatan *Fort Richardson (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Richardson *Battery Rodgers *Fort Scott (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Scott *Fort Story *Fort Ward (Virginia), Fort Ward *Fort Wool

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

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

Washington

*Fort Canby (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 State Park, Fort Ebey *Fort Flagler State Park, Fort Flagler *Fort George Wright *Camp Hayden, now a state park, bunkers remain *Fort Lawton *Fort Lewis (Washington), 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 (Washington), 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.

*Fort DeRussy (Washington, D.C.), Fort DeRussy *Fort McNair *Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), Fort Stevens *Fort Totten, Washington, D.C., Fort Totten

West Virginia

*Fort Ashby *Fort Blair, a precursor to Fort Randolph (West Virginia), Fort Randolph *White Top, Fort Milroy *Fort Pearsall *Prickett's Fort *Fort Randolph (West Virginia), Fort Randolph

Wisconsin

*Fort Crawford *Fort Howard (Wisconsin), Fort Howard *Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Fort McCoy *Fort Shelby (Wisconsin), Fort Shelby/Fort McKay *Fort Winnebago

Wyoming

*Camp Augur *Fort Bridger *Fort Washakie, Camp Brown *Fort Caspar *Fort D.A. Russell (Wyoming), Fort D.A. Russell *Fort Fetterman *Fort Francis E. Warren, now the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base *Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site, Fort Fred Steele *Fort Halleck (Wyoming), Fort Halleck *Fort Laramie *Fort Phil Kearny *Fort Platte *Fort Reno (Wyoming), Fort Reno *Fort Sanders (Wyoming), Fort Sanders *Camp Stambaugh (Wyoming), Camp Stambaugh *Fort Supply (Utah Territory), Fort Supply *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

References

Bibliography

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External links

List of all US coastal forts and batteries
at the Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. website
American Forts Network, lists forts in the US, former US territories, Canada, and Central America

FortWiki, lists most CONUS and Canadian forts

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