Welcome to Fort Stevens ...

Fort Stevens is located in Clatsop County<1>.

The location of Fort Stevens has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Stevens, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Stevens: Ft. Stevens

Fort Stevens is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Fort Stevens lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Fort Stevens: (503) & (971)<4>

Communities near Fort Stevens ...

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

• Astoria
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
  • Astoria is located in Clatsop County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,029 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <5>
• Seaside
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside
  • Seaside is located in Clatsop County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,926 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaside <5>
• Gearhart
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gearhart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
  • Gearhart is located in Clatsop County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,644 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gearhart <5>
• Long Beach
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Long Beach is located in Pacific County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,520 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <5>
• Ilwaco
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilwaco
  • Ilwaco is located in Pacific County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilwaco <5>
• Chinook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinook
  • Chinook is located in Pacific County (WA)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chinook <5>
• Jeffers Garden
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
  • Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County
• Megler
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megler
  • Megler is located in Pacific County (WA)
• Fort Canby
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Canby
  • Fort Canby is located in Pacific County (WA)
• Pacific City ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pacific City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
  • Pacific City is located in Pacific County (WA)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Stevens ...

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

Adding Fort Stevens to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fort Stevens post office opened in 1899.

We also found Fort Stevens on a map titled Mobile Oil Map of Oregon (1949).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Stevens. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clatsop County: www.co.clatsop.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/