List of forts in the United States explained
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
See main article: List of forts in California.
Colorado
See main article: List of forts in Colorado.
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
See main article: List of forts in Florida.
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
- 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 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
Michigan
See 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
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- 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 Depuy, abandoned
- Fort Deshler, abandoned
- Fort Duquesne, destroyed
- Fort Granville, destroyed
- Fort Halifax, destroyed
- 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 Necessity, destroyed
- 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
Rhode Island
- 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
South Dakota
See main article: List of forts in South Dakota.
Tennessee
See main article: List of forts in Tennessee.
Texas
See main article: Forts of Texas.
Utah
Vermont
See main article: List of forts in Vermont.
Virginia
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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.
See main article: Civil War Defenses of Washington.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
See also
References
Sources
- Book: Roberts, Robert B. . Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States . Macmillan . 1988 . New York . 0-02-926880-X .
Further reading
- Book: Lewis, Emanuel Raymond . Seacoast Fortifications of the United States . Leeward Publications . 1979 . Annapolis . 978-0-929521-11-4 .
- Book: Wade . Arthur P. . Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794–1815 . CDSG Press . 2011 . 978-0-9748167-2-2 .
- Book: Weaver II . John R. . A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, 2nd Ed. . Redoubt Press . McLean, VA . 2018 . 978-1-7323916-1-1 .
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