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Welcome to Fort Stanton ...

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

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

Fort Stanton was located in southeast New Mexico.

Fort Stanton would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Stanton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Stanton: Ft. Stanton

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Stanton is 6,220 feet [1,896 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Fort Stanton is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Fort Stanton was located: 575

Communities near Fort Stanton ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Fort Stanton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Stanton 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 Stanton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Fort Stanton post office opened in 1857.

We also found Fort Stanton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Stanton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Stanton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/