Welcome to Fort Hancock ...Fort Hancock is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Fort Hancock is located in Hudspeth County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Hancock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. A typical abbreviation for Fort Hancock: Ft. Hancock Fort Hancock is 3,570 feet [1,088 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Fort Hancock is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Fort Hancock lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Fort Hancock: 915 The ZIP code for Fort Hancock: 79839<3> Communities Also Named Fort Hancock ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Fort Hancock: This one is located in Hudspeth County and the other is located in El Paso County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Hancock. Communities near Fort Hancock ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Hancock.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fort Hancock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Hancock. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Hancock. 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 Hancock. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Hancock. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Hancock. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Hancock ...Looking for more information about Fort Hancock? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Fort Hancock, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Hancock. Adding Fort Hancock to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fort Hancock 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 Hancock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Hancock. Footnotes ...
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