Welcome to Fort Union ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Union. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Union to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Union, please Contact Us.

Fort Union would have been located within present day Roosevelt County<2>.

The location of Fort Union has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Union, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1950.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Union: Ft. Union

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Union is 1,950 feet [594 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Fort Union was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Fort Union and travel south, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The location where Fort Union once stood is in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Fort Union ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fort Union - they are located in Florida and Newfoundland and Labrador.

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

Communities near Fort Union ...

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

• Fairview
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Fairview is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <5>
• Bainville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainville
  • Bainville is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainville <5>
• Dore
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
  • Dore is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Harding
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Harding is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Trenton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Trenton is located in Williams County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <5>
• Cartwright
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Cartwright is located in McKenzie County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartwright <5>
• Charbonneau
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
  • Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Sidney
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Sidney is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <5>
• McCabe
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCabe
  • McCabe is located in Roosevelt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCabe <5>
• Alexander
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
  • Alexander is located in McKenzie County (ND)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <5>

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

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

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

Adding Fort Union to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Union in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Union was on a map titled Map of Montana (from Hixson Map&$160;Co, 1950).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/