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Welcome to Fort Green ...

Fort Green is located in Hardee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Green, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Green: Ft. Green

Fort Green is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fort Green lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Fort Green, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Fort Green: 863

Communities near Fort Green ...

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

  • Fort Meade
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wauchula
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mulberry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bowling Green
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Zolfo Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brewster ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brewster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Brewster is located in Polk County
  • Ona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Duette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Oponys Town ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oponys Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oponys Town
    • Oponys Town is located in Polk County
  • Homeland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Green ...

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

Adding Fort Green to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Green 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 Green was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fort Green post office opened in 1880.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Hardee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Green - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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