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Welcome to Fort Morgan ...So far, we found very little information about Fort Morgan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Fort Morgan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Morgan, please Contact Us. Fort Morgan would have been located within present day Baldwin County<2>. The location of Fort Morgan 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 Morgan, 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 Morgan: Ft. Morgan While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Morgan is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: The area where Fort Morgan was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Fort Morgan once stood is in the (251) area code. The community of Fort Morgan was previously named Fort Bowyer. Communities Also Named Fort Morgan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Morgan - it's located in Colorado. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Morgan. Communities near Fort Morgan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Morgan.
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 Morgan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Morgan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Morgan. 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 Morgan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Morgan. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Morgan. Adding Fort Morgan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fort Morgan 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 Morgan was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Morgan. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Baldwin County: www.co.baldwin.al.us/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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