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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simmesport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmesport
- Simmesport is located in Avoyelles Parish (LA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simmesport <5>
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Woodville is located in Wilkinson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 892 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <5>
- Artonish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Angola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
- Angola is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angola <5>
- Tunica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunica have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
- Tunica is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunica <5>
- Weyanoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Weyanoke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Weyanoke is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weyanoke <5>
- Smithland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Bougere
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Lettsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lettsworth
- Lettsworth is located in Pointe Coupee Parish (LA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lettsworth <5>
- Williamsport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Williamsport is located in Pointe Coupee Parish (LA)
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 for Fort Adams was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Fort Adams post office opened in 1825.
We also found Fort Adams in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Adams.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Adams. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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> | 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |