Do you know of Fort George ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fort George. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Fort George.

We found mention of Fort George as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in New York County, New York.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Fort George ...

We found four communities that share the name Fort George.

Within New York, the name Fort George is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, .

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Duval County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Fort George [Duval County].
- Maine
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Fort George [Hancock County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Fort George.
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Fort George.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort George ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fort George:

Map from 1895 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort George.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/26792 (Place Name: Fort George)

County: New York (FIPS State/County: 36/061)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Fort George) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in New York County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in New York County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Fort George could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.