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Welcome to Fort Goff ...

Fort Goff is located in Siskiyou County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Goff, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Goff: Ft. Goff

Fort Goff is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fort Goff lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Fort Goff: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Fort Goff ...

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

  • Happy Camp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Copper ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
  • Scott Bar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Klamath River
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Brown City ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brown City is located in Josephine County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown City
  • Althouse ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Althouse is located in Josephine County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Waldo is located in Josephine County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Williams
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Mugginsville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mugginsville is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mugginsville

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 Goff. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Goff.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Goff ...

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

Adding Fort Goff to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Goff 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 (so far) for Fort Goff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fort Goff post office opened in 1858. The Fort Goff post office closed in 1862.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Siskiyou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Goff - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Goff area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Goff area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/