Welcome to Fort Adams ...

Fort Adams is located in Wilkinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Adams, you might consider that their post office opened in 1825.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Adams: Ft. Adams

Fort Adams is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fort Adams: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Fort Adams ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Adams - it's located in Rhode Island.

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

Communities near Fort Adams ...

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

Simmesport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simmesport is located in Avoyelles Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmesport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simmesport <4>
Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 892 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <4>
Artonish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Artonish is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
Angola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Angola is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angola <4>
Tunica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tunica is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunica <4>
Weyanoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weyanoke is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weyanoke <4>
Smithland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smithland is located in Pointe Coupee Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
Bougere
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bougere is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
Lettsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lettsworth is located in Pointe Coupee Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lettsworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lettsworth <4>
Williamsport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsport is located in Pointe Coupee Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Adams ...

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

Adding Fort Adams to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Adams 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 Adams was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fort Adams post office opened in 1825. The Fort Adams post office closed in 1982.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Wilkinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Adams - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Adams area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Adams area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	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/