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

Alaska

Arizona

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

Delaware

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

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois
Reconstructed bastion of Ft de Chartres

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan
Main article: List of military installations in Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana
See also: List of military installations in Montana

Nebraska
See also: List of forts in Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

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

post-revolutionary forts

War of 1812 era forts

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

South Dakota
Main article: List of forts in South Dakota

Tennessee
Main article: List of forts in Tennessee

Texas
Main article: Forts of Texas

Utah

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

Virginia

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Washington

Washington, D.C.
For a more comprehensive list, see Civil War Defenses of Washington.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Cities and areas with Fort in the name

See also

References
  1. Roberts 1988, pp. 3–4.
  2. Roberts 1988, p. 10.
  3. Roberts 1988, p. 20.
  4. Roberts 1988, pp. 23–24.
  5. Roberts 1988, p. 25.
  6. 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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