Welcome to Fort Atkinson ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Atkinson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Atkinson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Fort Atkinson - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Fort Atkinson, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Fort Atkinson , we believe that it would have been located within present day Ford County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Atkinson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Atkinson: Ft. Atkinson

The Area Code where Fort Atkinson was located: 620

Communities Also Named Fort Atkinson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Fort Atkinson: This one is located in Ford County and the other is located in Barton County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 3 communities that are also named Fort Atkinson - they are located in Iowa and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Atkinson.

Adding Fort Atkinson to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Fort Atkinson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Fort Atkinson post office opened in 1851.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Atkinson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Ford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/