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Welcome to Fort Necessity ...

Fort Necessity is located in Franklin Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Necessity, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Necessity: Ft. Necessity

Fort Necessity is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fort Necessity: 318 & 457<3>

The ZIP code for Fort Necessity: 71243<4>

Communities near Fort Necessity ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Necessity ...

Looking for more information about Fort Necessity? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Fort Necessity, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Necessity.

Adding Fort Necessity to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fort Necessity post office opened in 1877.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Necessity - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Necessity area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Necessity area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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 Necessity). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fort Necessity or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/