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Welcome to Fort Gage ...

Fort Gage is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Gage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Gage: Ft. Gage

Fort Gage is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fort Gage lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Fort Gage: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Fort Gage ...

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

  • Perryville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Chester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sainte Genevieve
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Sparta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Bud
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Steeleville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Percy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Evansville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Willisville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Bloomsdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bloomsdale is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomsdale <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Gage ...

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

Adding Fort Gage to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Gage 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 Gage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fort Gage post office opened in 1897. The Fort Gage post office closed in 1953.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Randolph, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Gage - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Gage area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Gage 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/