Do you know of Fortner ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fortner. 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 Fortner.<1>

Our sources for Fortner (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Fortner other than they indicate that Fortner would be found somewhere in Pickens County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1903 and closed  in 1919.

Communities Also Named Fortner ...

We found one communities that share the name Fortner.

Within South Carolina, the name Fortner is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Fortner in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Kentucky
    • Powell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Fortner [Powell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fortner ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fortner.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 45/26980   (Place Name: Fortner)

County: Pickens     (FIPS State/County: 45/077)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Fortner) 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  Pickens County ...

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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 Pickens County.