List of forts in the United States

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 Condé

• Fort Armstrong
• Fort Bibb
• Fort Bowyer
• Fort Carney
• Fort Claiborne
• Fort Condé, open to the public
• Fort Crawford
• Fort Dale
• Fort Decatur
• Fort Easley
• Fort Gaines
• Fort Glass
• Fort Hampton
• Fort Harker
• Fort Hull
• Fort Jackson, open to the public
• Fort Landrum
• Fort Leslie
• Fort Likens
• Fort Madison
• Fort McClellan
• Fort Montgomery ^[1]
• Fort Morgan, open to the public
• Fort Novosel, closed to the public
• Fort Sinquefield
• Fort Stoddert
• Fort Strother
• Fort Tombecbe, open to the public ^[2]
• Fort Toulouse, open to the public
• Fort Williams, destroyed by erosion

Alaska

Fort William H. Seward

• Fort Abercrombie, open to the public
• Fort Brumback
• Fort Learnard
• Fort Davis
• Fort Greely, closed to the public
• Fort Egbert
• Fort Gibbon
• Fort Learnard
• Fort McGilvray
• Fort Mears
• Fort Randall, closed to the public
• Fort Raymond
• Fort Richardson, closed to the public
• Fort Rousseau
• Fort Schwatka
• Fort William H. Seward
• Fort St. Michael
• Fort St. Nicholas
• Fort Tongass
• Fort Wainwright, closed to the public

Arizona

Fort Apache

• Fort Apache, open to the public
• Fort Bowie, open to the public
• Fort Buchanan
• Fort Crittenden
• Fort Defiance
• Fort Grant, closed to the public
• Fort Huachuca, closed to the public
• Fort Lowell, open to the public
• Fort Mojave
• Fort Tyson
• Fort Verde, open to the public
• Fort Whipple, open to the public

Arkansas

Fort Smith

• Fort Carlos III, destroyed by erosion
• Fort Chaffee, closed to the public
• Fort Curtis, open to the public
• Fort Logan H. Roots, open to the public
• Fort Lookout, open to the public
• Fort Smith, open to the public

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 Trumbull

• Fort Griswold, open to the public
• Fort Nathan Hale, open to the public
• Fort Trumbull, open to the public
• Fort Stamford, open to the public

Delaware

Fort Delaware

• Fort Casimir, destroyed
• Fort Christina, open to the public
• Fort Delaware, open to the public
• Fort du Pont, open to the public
• Fort Miles, open to the public
• Fort Saulsbury, closed to the public

Florida

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

Georgia

Fort Pulaski

• Fort Eisenhower, closed to the public
• Fort Frederica, open to the public
• Fort Gillem
• Fort Hawkins, open to the public
• Fort James Jackson, open to the public
• Fort King George, open to the public
• Fort McAllister, open to the public
• Fort McPherson
• Fort Moore, closed to the public
• Fort Pulaski, open to the public
• Fort Scott
• Fort Stewart, closed to the public

Hawaii

Fort Ruger

• Fort Armstrong
• Fort DeRussy, closed to the public
• Fort Hase, closed to the public
• Fort Kamehameha
• Fort Elizabeth, open to the public
• Fort Ruger, open to the public
• Schofield Barracks, closed to the public
• Fort Shafter, closed to the public

Idaho

Fort Sherman

• Fort Boise
• Camp Connor
• Fort Hall, open to the public
• Fort Lapwai, open to the public
• Fort Sherman, open to the public

Illinois

Fort de Chartres

• Fort Armstrong
• Fort de Chartres
• Fort Dearborn
• Fort Johnson
• Fort Kaskaskia
• Fort Massac
• Fort Sheridan

Indiana

Fort Wayne

• Fort Benjamin Harrison, open to the public
• Fort Patrick Henry, abandoned
• Fort Knox, abandoned
• Fort Wayne, open to the public
• Fort Ouiatenon, destroyed during the Northwest Indian War
• Fort Vallonia, open to the public

Iowa

Fort Atkinson

• Fort Atkinson, open to the public
• Fort Des Moines
• Fort Peterson
• Old Fort Madison

Kansas

Fort Scott

• Fort Atkinson
• Fort Aubrey
• Fort Bain
• Fort Belmont
• Fort Blair
• Fort Brooks
• Burlingame's Fort
• Fort de Cavagnial
• Fort Clifton
• Fort Dodge
• Fort Drinkwater
• Fort Ellsworth
• Fort Harker, open to the public
• Fort Hays
• Fort Henning
• Fort Insley
• Fort Lane
• Fort Larned, open to the public
• Fort Leavenworth, closed to the public
• Fort Lincoln
• Fort Lookout
• Fort Mann
• Fort McKean
• Fort Montgomery (1855)
• Fort Montgomery (1861)
• Fort Riley, closed to the public
• Fort Row
• Fort Saunders
• Fort Scott, open to the public
• Fort Simple
• Fort Solomon
• Fort Sully
• Fort Titus
• Fort Wakarusa
• Fort Wallace
• Fort Zarah

Kentucky

Fort Harrod

• Fort Boonesborough, open to the public
• Fort Campbell, closed to the public
• Fort Harrod, open to the public
• Fort Knox, closed to the public
• Fort Nelson
• Fort William

Louisiana

Fort Proctor

• Fort Jackson
• Fort Johnson, closed to the public
• Fort Livingston
• Fort Macomb
• Fort Pike
• Fort Proctor
• Fort St. Philip

Maine

Fort Popham

• Fort Baldwin, open to the public
• Fort Edgecomb, open to the public
• Fort Foster, open to the public
• Fort George, open to the public
• Fort Gorges, open to the public
• Fort Halifax, open to the public
• Fort Kent, open to the public
• Fort Knox, open to the public
• Fort Levett, closed to the public
• Fort Lyon, closed to the public
• Fort McClary, open to the public
• Fort McKinley, closed to the public
• Fort O'Brien, open to the public
• Fort Pentagouet
• Fort Popham, open to the public
• Fort Preble, open to the public
• Fort Scammel, closed to the public
• Fort Sullivan, open to the public
• Fort Sumner, open to the public
• Fort Williams, open to the public
• Fort William Henry, open to the public

Maryland

Fort McHenry

• Fort Armistead, open to the public
• Fort Carroll, closed to the public
• Fort Cumberland, demolished
• Fort Defiance, open to the public
• Fort Detrick, closed to the public
• Fort Foote, open to the public
• Fort Frederick, open to the public
• Fort George G. Meade, closed to the public
• Fort Howard, open to the public
• Fort McHenry, open to the public
• Fort Severn, demolished
• Fort Smallwood, open to the public
• Fort Washington, open to the public

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

Main article: List of military installations in Michigan

• Fort de Buade
• Fort Detroit
• Fort Holmes
• Fort Mackinac
• Fort Miami
• Fort Michilimackinac
• Fort St. Joseph (Niles)
• Fort St. Joseph (Port Huron), rebuilt as Fort Gratiot
• Fort Wayne (Detroit)
• Fort Wilkins

Minnesota

• Fort Beauharnois
• Fort Duquesne
• Fort L'Huillier
• Fort Ridgely
• Fort Ripley
• Fort St. Charles
• Fort Snelling

Mississippi

• Fort Massachusetts
• Fort Maurepas

Missouri

Fort Belle Fontaine

• Fort Belle Fontaine, open to the public
• Fort Cap au Gris
• Fort Crowder
• Fort Leonard Wood, closed to the public
• Fort Osage, open to the public
• Jefferson Barracks, open to the public

Montana

See also: List of military installations in Montana

• Fort Assinniboine
• Fort C. F. Smith
• Fort Ellis
• Fort Keogh
• Fort Parker
• Fort William Henry Harrison
• Fort Missoula
• Fort Benton

Nebraska

See also: List of forts in Nebraska

Fort Atkinson

• Fort Atkinson, open to the public
• Fort Hartsuff, open to the public
• Fort Kearny, open to the public
• Fort Lisa
• Fort McPherson, open to the public
• Fort Mitchell
• Fort Niobrara
• Fort Omaha
• Fort Robinson, open to the public
• Fort Sidney, open to the public

Nevada

Fort Churchill

• Fort Churchill, open to the public

New Hampshire

• Fort Constitution, open to the public
• Fort at Number 4, open to the public
• Fort Dearborn
• Fort Stark
• Fort Washington
• Fort Wentworth
• Fort William and Mary

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

• Fort Bascom
• Fort Bayard
• Fort Craig
• Fort Cummings
• Fort Fillmore
• Fort Marcy
• Fort McRae ^[3]
• Fort Selden
• Fort Stanton
• Fort Sumner
• Fort Thorn
• Fort Tularosa
• Fort Union
• Fort Wingate

New York

• Fort Amsterdam
• Castle Clinton
• Fort Clinton
• Fort Columbus
• Fort Crown Point
• Fort Drum
• Fort Edward
• Fort Gansevoort
• Fort Gibson
• Fort Greene
• Fort Hamilton
• Camp Hero
• Fort Jay
• Fort Lafayette
• Fort Lévis
• Madison Barracks
• Fort Michie
• Fort Montgomery (1776)
• Fort Montgomery (1844)
• Forts of New Netherland
• Fort Niagara
• Fort Ontario
• Fort de La Présentation
• Fort Schuyler
• Fort Slocum
• Fort Stanwix, open to the public
• Fort Terry
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Fort Tilden
• Fort Tompkins (1812)
• Fort Tompkins (1812)
• Fort Tompkins (1814)
• Fort Tompkins (1847)
• Fort Totten
• Fort Tyler
• Fort Wadsworth
• Fort Washington
• Battery Weed
• Fort William Henry
• Castle Williams
• Fort Wood
• Fort H. G. Wright

North Carolina

Fort Macon

• Fort Anderson, open to the public
• Fort Caswell, closed to the public
• Fort Dobbs, open to the public
• Fort Fisher, open to the public
• Fort Greene
• Fort Hampton, open to the public
• Fort Johnston, open to the public
• Fort Liberty, closed to the public
• Fort Macon, open to the public

North Dakota

• Fort Abercrombie
• Fort Abraham Lincoln
• Fort Buford
• Fort Clark
• Fort Mandan
• Fort Ransom
• Fort Rice
• Fort Stevenson
• Fort Totten
• Fort Union

Ohio

See also: Category:Forts in Ohio

Fort Recovery

• Fort Defiance, open to the public
• Fort Deposit
• Fort Findlay
• Fort Frye
• Fort Harmar
• Fort Hayes
• Fort Jefferson
• Fort Laurens, open to the public
• Fort Meigs, open to the public
• Fort Miamis
• Fort Recovery, open to the public
• Fort St. Clair
• Fort Sandoské (1750)
• Fort Sandusky (1761)
• Fort Stephenson
• Fort Steuben, open to the public
• Fort Washington

Oklahoma

• Fort Arbuckle
• Fort Cobb
• Fort Coffee
• Fort Gibson
• Camp Gruber
• Fort McCulloch
• Fort Nichols
• Fort Reno
• Fort Sill
• Fort Supply
• Fort Towson
• Fort Washita
• Fort Wayne

Oregon

• Fort Astoria
• Fort Clatsop
• Fort Dalles
• Fort Hoskins
• Fort Klamath
• Fort Lane
• Fort Stevens
• Fort William
• Fort Yamhill

Pennsylvania

Fort Mifflin

• Fort Allen (Carbon County, Pennsylvania), abandoned
• Fort Allen (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania), abandoned
• Fort Armstrong, abandoned
• Fort Augusta, destroyed
• Fort Bedford, partially reconstructed, open to the public
• Fort Bigham, destroyed
• Fort Chambers, abandoned
• Fort Depuy, returned to its original owners
• Fort Deshler, abandoned
• Fort Duquesne, destroyed
• Fort Franklin (Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania), abandoned
• Fort Franklin (Venango County, Pennsylvania), abandoned
• Fort Granville, destroyed
• Fort Halifax, destroyed
• Fort Hamilton (Pennsylvania), abandoned
• Fort Henry, abandoned
• Fort Hunter, abandoned
• Fort Hyndshaw, abandoned
• Fort Jones, destroyed
• Fort Juniata Crossing, abandoned
• Fort Laughlin, destroyed
• Fort Lebanon, abandoned
• Fort Le Boeuf, destroyed
• Light's Fort, under renovation
• Fort Ligonier, reconstructed, open to the public
• Fort Loudoun, reconstructed, open to the public
• Fort Lyttleton, destroyed
• Fort Machault, destroyed
• Fort Manada, destroyed
• Fort Martin, abandoned
• Fort Manada, abandoned
• Fort McCord, destroyed
• Fort McIntosh, destroyed
• Mercer's Fort, destroyed
• Fort Mifflin, open to the public
• Fort Morris (Pennsylvania), abandoned
• Fort Necessity, destroyed
• Fort Norris, abandoned
• Fort Northkill, abandoned
• Fort Pitt, partially reconstructed, open to the public
• Fort Presque Isle, destroyed
• Fort Prince George, destroyed
• Fort Robert Smalls, destroyed
• Fort Roberdeau, reconstructed, open to the public
• Fort Robinson, abandoned
• Fort Shirley, abandoned
• Fort Swatara, abandoned
• Fort Venango, destroyed
• Heinrich Zeller House, open to the public

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 Greene

• Fort Adams, open to the public
• Fort Barton, open to the public
• Fort Burnside, open to the public
• Fort Church
• Fort Dumpling, open to the public
• Fort Getty, open to the public
• Fort Greble
• Fort Greene (1794), abandoned
• Fort Greene (1943)
• Fort Hamilton
• Fort Kearny, open to the public
• Fort Mansfield, open to the public
• Fort Ninigret, open to the public
• Queen's Fort, open to the public
• Fort Varnum
• Fort Wetherill, open to the public
• Fort Wolcott, destroyed

South Carolina

Fort Sumter

• The Battery
• Fort Charlotte
• Fort Fremont
• Fort Howell
• Fort Jackson
• Fort Johnson
• Fort Lyttelton
• Fort Motte
• Fort Moultrie
• Old Ninety Six and Star Fort
• Castle Pinckney
• Fort Prince George
• Fort Sumter
• Fort Wagner
• Fort Walker

South Dakota

Main article: List of forts in South Dakota

Fort Sisseton

• Fort Bennett
• Fort James, abandoned
• Fort Meade, abandoned
• Fort Randall, open to the public
• Fort Sisseton, open to the public
• Fort Sully, abandoned

Tennessee

Main article: List of forts in Tennessee

Texas

Main article: Forts of Texas

• The Alamo
• Fort Bliss
• Fort Brown
• Fort Cavazos
• Fort Concho
• Fort Crockett
• Fort D. A. Russell
• Fort Davis
• Fort Saint Louis
• Fort San Jacinto
• Fort Travis
• Fort Worth

Utah

• Fort Buenaventura
• Cove Fort
• Fort Cameron
• Fort Deseret
• Fort Douglas
• Fort Duchesne
• Fort Utah

Vermont

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

• Brattleboro Barracks
• Champlain Arsenal
• Chimney Point
• Fort Dummer
• Fort Ethan Allen
• Fort Frederick
• Fort Independence, located on Mount Independence
• Fort Mott
• Fort Ranger
• Fort Sainte Anne
• Fort Warren

Virginia

• Fort Albany
• Fort Barfoot
• Fort Boykin
• Craney Island Fort
• Fort Defiance
• Fort Ethan Allen
• Fort Eustis
• Fort Huger
• Fort Hunt
• Fort John Custis
• Fort Gregg-Adams
• Fort Loudoun
• Fort Monroe
• Fort Nelson
• Fort Norfolk
• Fort Myer
• Fort Pocahontas
• Fort Powhatan ^[4]
• Fort Richardson
• Battery Rodgers
• Fort Scott
• Fort Story
• Fort Vause
• Fort Walker
• Fort Ward
• Fort Wool

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

• Fort Christian
• Fort Frederik
• Fort Segarra

Washington

• Fort Canby
• Fort Casey, open to the public
• Fort Columbia, open to the public
• Fort Colville
• Fort Dent
• Fort Ebey
• Fort Flagler
• Fort George Wright
• Camp Hayden, open to the public
• Fort Lawton
• Fort Lewis
• Fort Nez Percés
• Fort Nisqually, rebuilt as a living history museum
• Fort Okanogan
• Fort Simcoe, open to the public
• Fort Spokane
• Fort Steilacoom, open to the public
• Fort Townsend
• Fort Vancouver, open to the public
• Fort Walla Walla, open to the public
• Fort Ward, open to the public
• Fort Whitman
• Fort Worden, 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, open to the public

West Virginia

• Fort Ashby
• 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 Fred Steele
• Fort Halleck
• Fort Laramie
• Fort Phil Kearny
• Fort Platte
• Fort Reno
• Fort Sanders
• Camp Stambaugh
• Fort Supply
• Fort Washakie
• Fort Yellowstone

See also

• Architecture portal
• United States portal

• List of forts (worldwide)
• List of coastal fortifications of the United States
• List of United States Army installations
• List of fortifications
• List of castles

References

Citations

1. Roberts 1988, p. 10.
2. Roberts 1988, pp. 3–4.
3. Roberts 1988, p. 527.
4. Roberts 1988, pp. 821–822.

Sources

• 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.

Further reading

• Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN   978-0-929521-11-4.
• 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.

External links

• List of all US coastal forts and batteries at the Coast Defense Study Group
• American Forts Network, lists forts in the US, former US territories, Canada, and Central America
• FortWiki, lists most CONUS and Canadian forts
• US National Park Service list of parks with forts