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Welcome to Fort Defiance ...Fort Defiance is located in Caldwell County<1>. The location of Fort Defiance has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Defiance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1805. A typical abbreviation for Fort Defiance: Ft. Defiance Fort Defiance is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Fort Defiance lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Fort Defiance lies within the (828) area code. Communities Also Named Fort Defiance ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Fort Defiance - they are located in Arizona, South Dakota and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Defiance. Communities near Fort Defiance ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Defiance.
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 Defiance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Defiance. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Defiance. 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 Defiance. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Defiance. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Defiance. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Defiance ...Looking for more information about Fort Defiance? 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 Defiance, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Defiance. Adding Fort Defiance to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fort Defiance 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 Defiance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Fort Defiance in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Defiance. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Defiance. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Caldwell County: www.co.caldwell.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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