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Welcome to Fort Seneca ...

Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County<1>.

The pronunciation of Fort Seneca: SEH-nuh-kuh<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Seneca, you might consider that their post office opened in 1821.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Seneca: Ft. Seneca

Fort Seneca is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Fort Seneca: 419 & 567<4>

Communities near Fort Seneca ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Seneca ...

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

Adding Fort Seneca to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Seneca 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 Seneca was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fort Seneca post office opened in 1821.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Seneca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Fort Seneca. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Seneca - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Seneca area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Seneca area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/