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Do you know of Fort Macomb ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fort Macomb. 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 Macomb.<1>

We found mention of Fort Macomb as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Macomb ...

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

Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort Macomb.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 22/26680   (Place Name: Fort Macomb)

County: Orleans     (FIPS State/County: 22/071)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Fort Macomb) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Orleans Parish ...

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 Orleans Parish.

AbattoirFrench Quarter
Amesville 
 Lafayette Square
BroadmoorLake Shore
BywatersLee
  
Custom HouseMicheaud
Cut OffMorgan's Landing
  
Edge LakePoint aux Herbes
Elysian Fields StationPonchartrain Junction
  
Fort PikeRecovery

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.









 

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