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Welcome to Fort Dodge ...

Fort Dodge is located in Ford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Dodge, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1865.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Dodge: Ft. Dodge

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

Area Code for Fort Dodge: 620

The ZIP code for Fort Dodge: 67843<2>

Communities Also Named Fort Dodge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Dodge - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Fort Dodge ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Dodge ...

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

Adding Fort Dodge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Dodge in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Dodge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Fort Dodge post office opened in 1865.

We also found Fort Dodge on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Dodge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ford County: www.fordcounty.net/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Fort Dodge). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fort Dodge or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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