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Welcome to Fort Gates ...

The city of Fort Gates is located

Fort Gates is located in Coryell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Gates, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Gates: Ft. Gates

The community of Fort Gates is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fort Gates: 254

Communities Also Named Fort Gates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Gates - it's located in Florida.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Gates.

Communities near Fort Gates ...

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

  • Gatesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • McGregor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Crawford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Oglesby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • South Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • South Mountain is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
  • Mound
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Flat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Leon Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lime City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lime City is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
  • Coryell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Coryell is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Gates ...

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

Adding Fort Gates to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Gates 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 (so far) for Fort Gates was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Coryell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Gates - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.