Do you know of Fort Hill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fort Hill. 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 Hill.

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

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 Hill ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Fort Hill.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Fort Hill.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Somerset County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fort Hill [Somerset County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
  - Litchfield 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 Connecticut community of Fort Hill [Litchfield County].
- Illinois
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fort Hill [Lake County].
- Maine
  - York 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 Maine community of Fort Hill [York County].
- Massachusetts
  - Plymouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Fort Hill [Plymouth County].
- New York
  - Genesee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fort Hill [Genesee County].
  - Ontario County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fort Hill [Ontario County].
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fort Hill [Suffolk County].
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fort Hill [Wayne County].
- Oregon
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Fort Hill [Polk County].
- Rhode Island
  - Providence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Fort Hill [Providence County].
- South Carolina
  - Pickens 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 South Carolina community of Fort Hill [Pickens County].
- Virginia
  - Caroline 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 Virginia community of Fort Hill [Caroline County].
  - Henrico County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fort Hill [Henrico County].
  - Lynchburg City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fort Hill [Lynchburg City].
- West Virginia
  - Kanawha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Fort Hill [Kanawha County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Hill ...

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

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1908)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort Hill.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/26784 (Place Name: Fort Hill)

County: Montgomery (FIPS State/County: 42/091)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Fort Hill) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Montgomery County ...

Can you help?

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 Montgomery County.

Abrams
Academy	McLean's
Aiden Lair	Melmar
Albidale	Merion Square
Alnwick Grove	Merion Station
Ambler Highlands	Militia Hill
Aramingo	Mill Park
Arlingham Hills	Miquon Hills
Arundel Village	Mitchell Park
	Mogees
Barmouth	Montgomery Square
Barry Heights	Montgomery
Bevan	Moreland Farms
Brookwater Park	Morewood

Cabinet	Narbrook Park
Camp Hill	North Ardmore
Camphill	North Glenside
Cedar Brook - Melrose Park
Center Point	Oaklane Manor
Chapel Hill	Ogontz School
Cherrydale	Ogontz
Cinnamon Hills	Oreland Gardens
Cloverdale Park	Overbrook Hills
College Park	Overbrook
Country Club Estates	Overleigh
Crestview
Culpepper Woods	Paul Brook
Curren Terrace	Penarth
Curtis Hills	Penn Square Village
Custer	Penn Village
Custis Woods	Perkiomen Bridge
Cynwyd Hills	Perkiomen Village
	Philmont Park
Davis Grove	Philmont
Deercroft	Port Indian
Derwyn	Prospective
	Protectory
Earnest	Providence Square
Eden Croft
Elliger Park	Rambo
Elm	Rebel Hill
Erlen	Reservoir
	Ringing Hill
Fenton	Ringing Rock Park
Fern Village	Rowland Park
Flourtown Gardens	Rudy
Fulmor Heights	Rumilla

General Wayne	Salford Heights
Glenhurst	Sanatoga Park
Glenside Gardens	Sandy Hill
Glenside Heights	Schuylkill Hills
Grand View Park	Shannonville
Graters Ford	Shoemakertown
Greenridge Farms	South Hatfield
Gulf Mills
	Three Tons
Halford Hills	Twickinham Village
Harpers
Hartranft	Union Square
Hatboro West	Upland Terrace
High Park	Upper Hanover
Hillegas Station	Upper Merion
Hoyt	Upper Salford
Hunter Hill
Huntingdon Meadows	Valley View Farms

Ironbridge	Washington Square Gardens
	West Ambler
June Meadows	West Telford
Just A Farm	Westover Woods
	White Marsh Junction
Kneedler	Whitehall Park
	Whitemarsh Hills
La Mott	Whitemarsh Valley Farms
Lafayette Hill	William Penn
Lawndale	Wissahickon Village
Lederachsville	Woodside
Limerick Bridge	Wyncote Hills
Lindberg Terrace	Wyndmoor Valley
Link Belt
Llandrilla	York Gardens
Locustwood
Lower Merion	Zieglersville Station
Lower Providence

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hill 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.