Welcome to Fort Gratiot ...
So far, we found very little information about Fort Gratiot. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fort Gratiot to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Gratiot, please Contact Us.
Fort Gratiot would have been located within present day Saint Clair County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Gratiot, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
Time Zone: The area where Fort Gratiot was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Fort Gratiot would have been located in the (810) area code.
Communities Also Named Fort Gratiot ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Gratiot - it's located in Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Gratiot.
Communities near Fort Gratiot ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Gratiot.
- Marysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Saint Clair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,649 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <3>
- Plympton-Wyoming
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plympton-Wyoming came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plympton-Wyoming
- Saint Clair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Saint Clair is located in Saint Clair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,496 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Clair <3>
- Petrolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petrolia <3>
- Marine City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marine City
- Marine City is located in Saint Clair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,035 people
- Former names for Marine City:
- Cottrellville
- Marine
- Newport
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marine City <3>
- Memphis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memphis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Memphis is located in Macomb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Former name for Memphis:
- Well's Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Memphis <3>
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Lexington is located in Sanilac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <3>
- Emmett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett is located in Saint Clair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmett <3>
- Gardendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardendale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Gardendale is located in Saint Clair County
- Sparlingville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparlingville
- Sparlingville is located in Saint Clair County
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 Gratiot. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Gratiot.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Gratiot. 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 Gratiot.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Gratiot. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Gratiot.
Adding Fort Gratiot to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Fort Gratiot was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Fort Gratiot on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Gratiot.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Saint Clair County: www.stclaircounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.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 Gratiot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Saint Clair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | 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. |