Welcome to Fort Grant ...

Fort Grant is located in Graham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Grant, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Grant: Ft. Grant

Time Zone: Fort Grant lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Fort Grant (for example, toward Virden (NM)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

The area code for Fort Grant: (928)

Communities near Fort Grant ...

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

• Safford
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safford
  • Safford is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,951 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Safford <2>
• Thatcher
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
  • Thatcher is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thatcher <2>
• Light ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Light. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
  • Light is located in Cochise County
• Artesia
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
  • Artesia is located in Graham County
• Lebanon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Lebanon is located in Graham County
• Swift Trail Junction
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
  • Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County
• Cactus Flat
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
  • Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
• Central
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Graham County
• Pima
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pima
  • Pima is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pima <2>
• Graham
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graham is located in Graham 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 Grant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Grant.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Grant ...

Looking for more information about Fort Grant? 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 Grant, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Grant.

Adding Fort Grant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Grant in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Grant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fort Grant post office opened in 1879.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/