Welcome to Fordtran ...

Fordtran is located on the Gulf Coast.

Fordtran is located in Victoria County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fordtran, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Fordtran is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fordtran: 361

Communities near Fordtran ...

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

• Victoria
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Victoria is located in Victoria County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,838 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victoria <3>
• Cuero
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuero
  • Cuero is located in DeWitt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,225 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuero <3>
• Yoakum
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoakum
  • Yoakum is located in DeWitt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,935 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yoakum <3>
• Terryville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
  • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
• Hope
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Hope is located in Lavaca County
• Thomaston
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Thomaston is located in DeWitt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomaston <3>
• Nursery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Nursery is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nursery <3>
• Morales
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
  • Morales is located in Jackson County
• Edgar
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
• Ezzell
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
  • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fordtran ...

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

Adding Fordtran to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fordtran 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 Fordtran was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fordtran post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fordtran.