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Do you know of Fort Mason ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fort Mason. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Fort Mason.<1>

Our source wasn't clear whether Fort Mason was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Fort Mason would be found somewhere in San Francisco County, California.

Communities Also Named Fort Mason ...

We found one communities that share the name Fort Mason.

Within California, the name Fort Mason is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Fort Mason in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Fort Mason [Lake County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Mason ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fort Mason:

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort Mason.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/25156   (Place Name: Fort Mason)

County: San Francisco     (FIPS State/County: 06/075)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Fort Mason) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  San Francisco County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in San Francisco County.

Alcatraz 
 Nob Hill
Bay ViewNoe Valley
Bernal 
 Ocean View
Fisk 
Fort ScottParkside
 Potrero
GearyPresidio
  
LettermanRichmond
  
MarinaSunset
Mason 
McLarenVisitacion
Mills 
MissionYerba Buena Island

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.









 

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