Welcome to Fordton ...

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

We've added Fordton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Fordton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Fordton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Fordton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fordton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

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

Adding Fordton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Fordton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Fordton post office opened in 1883.

We also found Fordton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fordton.

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 Fordton, 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 Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/