Welcome to Fort Clark ...

Fort Clark is located in Oliver County<1>.

The location of Fort Clark has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Clark, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Clark: Ft. Clark

Fort Clark is 1,690 feet [515 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Fort Clark lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Fort Clark (for example, toward Dodge), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The telephone area code for Fort Clark: (701)

Communities Also Named Fort Clark ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Clark - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Fort Clark ...

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

• Hazen
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
  • Hazen is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,332 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazen <4>
• Washburn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Washburn is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,247 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washburn <4>
• Underwood
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
  • Underwood is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Underwood <4>
• Center
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
  • Center is located in Oliver County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center <4>
• Stanton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
  • Stanton is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanton <4>
• Riverdale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
  • Riverdale is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <4>
• Hensler
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
  • Hensler is located in Oliver County
• Knife River Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River Village
  • Knife River Village is located in Mercer County
• Hannover
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannover
  • Hannover is located in Oliver County
• Sanger
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
  • Sanger is located in Oliver 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 Clark. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Clark.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Clark. 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 Clark.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Clark ...

Looking for more information about Fort Clark? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fort Clark, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Clark.

Adding Fort Clark to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Clark in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Clark was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fort Clark post office opened in 1910.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Clark. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/