List of forts in California

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This is a list of forts and camps in California, established by military, commercial and other interests.

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NameLocationCountyDate FoundedDate AbandonedFounded by
Fort Alcatraz [1] San Francisco Bay San Francisco November 6, 18501934 United States Army
Camp Alert Pioneer Race Course San Francisco 18621865 Union Army
Fort Anderson Redwood Creek Humboldt 1862
1864
1862
1866
Union Army
Fort Baker near Bridgeville Humboldt March 23, 1862November 1863Union Army
Lime Point Military Reservation
Fort Baker
Fort Barry
Fort Cronkhite
Golden Gate National Recreation Area Marin 1850
1897
1897
2002
United States
Bolsa Chica Military Reservation Huntington Beach Orange 19421948?United States
Benicia Arsenal [2]
Benicia Barracks
Benicia Quartermaster Depot
Benicia Solano County April 9, 18491964United States Army
Fort Bragg [3] [4]
Camp Bragg
Fort Bragg Mendocino Summer 18571864United States Army
Camp Burlington [5]
Camp Burlington-Humboldt
Camp Stephens Grove
Camp Dyerville
near Dyerville on the Eel River Humboldt 19331942 Civilian Conservation Corps
Camp Cap Eele
Drum Barracks
Camp Drum
Wilmington Los Angeles 18611871Union Army
Fort Emory Coronado San Diego 19421947United States Army
Cantonment Far West [6]
Camp Far West
Fort Far West
Marysville (Bear Creek) Yuba September 28, 1849May 4, 1852United States Army
Fort Funston Lake Merced Military Reservation San Francisco 19391963United States Army
Fort Gaston Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation Humboldt December 4, 1859June 29, 1892United States Army
Camp Grant [7] near Dyerville on the Eel River Humboldt October 1863about 1865Union Army
Fort Humboldt Eureka Humboldt 18531866United States Army
Fort Hunter Liggett North of the San Luis Obispo County line, bounded by

Pfeiffer Big State Park to the north

Monterey 1940-United States Army
Fort Iaqua Iaqua Humboldt August 5, 18631866Union Army
Fort Irwin near Barstow San Bernardino 1940United States Army
Fort Jones Fort Jones Siskiyou October 18, 1852June 23, 1858United States Army
Camp Lincoln just west of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park Del Norte County, California September 18621870Union Army
United States Army
Camp Low San Juan Bautista San Benito 18641865Union Army
Fort MacArthur
White Point Military Reservation
San Pedro Los Angeles 1888(Still in use)United States Army
Fort McDowell Angel Island San Francisco 19011962United States Army
Fort Miley Military Reservation Point Lobos, San Francisco San Francisco 18981949United States Army
Camp Barbour [8]
Camp Miller
Fort Miller
Millerton Lake Fresno May 26, 1851December 1, 1866United States Army
Presidio of Monterey Monterey Monterey 1768still in use by US New Spain
New San Diego Depot
San Diego Barracks
New San Diego San Diego 1850
April 5, 1879
1879
United States Army
Camp No. 27
Fort Ord Monterey Monterey 1917September, 1994United States Army
Camp NacimientoCamp Roberts foothills of Santa Lucia Range, between Lake Nacimiento,

Bradley, Valleton, and San Miguel

San Luis Obispo - Monterey 1940-United States Army
Fort Ross Jenner Sonoma 18121841 Russian-American Company
Fort Sacramento
Presidio of San Diego San Diego San Diego 17691835Spain
Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco 17761994Spain
Camp Merriam
Camp San Luis Obispo
halfway between the cities of Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo 1928-United States Army
Presidio of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Santa Barbara 17821846Spain
Fort Point San Francisco San Francisco 17941970Spain
Fort Reading Redding Shasta May 26, 1852April 6, 1870United States Army
Fort Rosecrans San Diego San Diego 1852United States Army
Fort Seward Fort Seward Humboldt September 25, 1861April, 1862Union Army
Fort Tejon Grapevine Canyon Kern June 24, 1854September 11, 1864United States Army
Fort Ter-Waw Klamath Glen Del Norte October 12, 1857June 10, 1862United States Army
Camp Wessels
Camp at Nome Cult Indian Agency
Fort Wright
Camp Wright
Round Valley Reservation Mendocino 1858
1862
1875
1861
1866
1875
United States Army
Union Army
United States Army
Fort Winfield Scott San Francisco San Francisco 18521995United States Army
Fort Yuma across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona Imperial November 27, 18501885United States Army

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