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Welcome to Fort Inge ...

Fort Inge is located in Hill Country.

Fort Inge is located in Uvalde County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Inge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Inge: Ft. Inge

Fort Inge is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fort Inge: 830

Communities near Fort Inge ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Fort Inge.

  • Uvalde Estates
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Uvalde Estates is located in Uvalde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uvalde Estates
    • Uvalde Estates has also been known as:
    • Uvalde Estates Colonia
  • Knippa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Batesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • La Pryor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sabinal
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Concan
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Third Crossing
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Third Crossing is located in Uvalde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
  • Frio Town ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Frio Town is located in Frio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Inge ...

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

Adding Fort Inge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Inge in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fort Inge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fort Inge post office opened in 1853. The Fort Inge post office closed in 1868.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Uvalde, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Inge - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/