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Welcome to Fort Deposit ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Deposit. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Deposit to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Deposit, please Contact Us.


Fort Deposit would have been located within present day Marshall County<2>.


The location of Fort Deposit has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Deposit, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Deposit: Ft. Deposit

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Deposit is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Fort Deposit was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Fort Deposit (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

If Fort Deposit still existed, it would have been in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Fort Deposit ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Fort Deposit: This one is located in Marshall County and the other is located in Lowndes County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Deposit.

Communities near Fort Deposit ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Deposit.

  • Albertville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Boaz
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <6>
  • Guntersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <6>
  • Arab
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
    • Arab is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <6>
  • New Hope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owens' Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens' Cross Roads
    • Owens' Cross Roads is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,233 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owens' Cross Roads <6>
  • Grant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Geraldine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Gurley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Douglas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
    • Douglas is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fort Deposit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Deposit.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Deposit. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Deposit.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Deposit. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Deposit.

Adding Fort Deposit to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Deposit in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Deposit was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Deposit.

The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Deposit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Deposit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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