Welcome to Fort Andrews ...

Fort Andrews is located in Plymouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Andrews, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Andrews: Ft. Andrews

Fort Andrews is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Fort Andrews lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Fort Andrews ...

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

• Boston
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Boston is located in Suffolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
• Cambridge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
• Brockton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
• Lynn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lynn is located in Essex County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
• Quincy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
• Newton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Newton is located in Middlesex County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
• Somerville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
• Waltham
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Waltham is located in Middlesex County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,069 people
• Medford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Medford is located in Middlesex County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
• Malden
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Malden is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people

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

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

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

Adding Fort Andrews to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Andrews 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 Andrews was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Fort Andrews post office opened in 1907. The Fort Andrews post office closed in 1928.

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