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Welcome to Fort Landing ...

Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Landing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1803.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Landing: Ft. Landing

Fort Landing is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Fort Landing lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Fort Landing: 252

Communities near Fort Landing ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Landing ...

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

Adding Fort Landing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Landing 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 Landing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fort Landing post office opened in 1803. The Fort Landing post office closed in 1931.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Tyrrell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/