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Welcome to Fort Sill ...

Fort Sill is located in Comanche County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Sill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Sill: Ft. Sill

Time Zone: Fort Sill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Fort Sill: 580

The ZIP code for Fort Sill: 73503<2>

Communities near Fort Sill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Sill ...

Looking for more information about Fort Sill? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Fort Sill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Sill.

Adding Fort Sill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Sill in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fort Sill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fort Sill post office opened in 1869. The Fort Sill post office closed in 1917.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Comanche, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Fort Sill). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fort Sill or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/