Welcome to Fort Plains ...

Fort Plains is located in Monmouth County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Plains: Ft. Plains

Fort Plains is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Fort Plains ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Fort Plains ...

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

• Long Branch
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
• Asbury Park
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
  • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
• Neptune City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
  • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
• Shrewsbury
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
• Loch Arbour
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Arbour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
  • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
• Maxim
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
  • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
• West Freehold
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freehold
  • West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
• Freehold
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
  • Freehold is located in Monmouth County
• Squankum
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
  • Squankum is located in Monmouth County
• Allaire Village ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
  • Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
  • Allaire Village has also been known as:
  • Allaire

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Plains ...

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