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Welcome to Fort Meigs Place ...

Fort Meigs Place is located in Wood County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Meigs Place: Ft. Meigs Pl. (or less commonly used: Ft. Meigs Plc.)

Fort Meigs Place is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fort Meigs Place: 419 & 567<3>

Communities near Fort Meigs Place ...

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

  • Toledo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bowling Green
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oregon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sylvania
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rossford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Waterville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Northwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitehouse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ottawa Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
  • Swanton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Meigs Place ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Wood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Meigs Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Meigs Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Meigs Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.