Welcome to Fort Bragg ...
Fort Bragg is primarily located in Cumberland County<1>. A portion of Fort Bragg extends into Hoke County and Moore County.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Bragg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.
A typical abbreviation for Fort Bragg: Ft. Bragg
Time Zone: Fort Bragg lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Fort Bragg: 910 & 472<2>
Communities Also Named Fort Bragg ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Bragg - it's located in California.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Bragg.
Communities near Fort Bragg ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Bragg.
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Raeford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raeford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raeford
- Raeford is located in Hoke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,956 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raeford <3>
- Eastover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stedman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Parkton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkton
- Parkton is located in Robeson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkton <3>
- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Godwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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 Bragg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Bragg.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Bragg. 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 Bragg.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Bragg. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Bragg.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Bragg ...
Looking for more information about Fort Bragg? 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 Bragg, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Bragg.
Adding Fort Bragg to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Fort Bragg in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Bragg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Fort Bragg post office opened in 1922.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Bragg.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Bragg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Bragg area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |