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Spanish Fort is located Spanish Fort is located in Montague County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Spanish Fort, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. A typical abbreviation for Spanish Fort: Spanish Ft. (or less commonly used: Spanish Frt.) Spanish Fort is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Spanish Fort lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Spanish Fort: (940) Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Spanish Fort - they are located in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spanish Fort. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spanish Fort. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Spanish Fort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spanish Fort. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spanish Fort. 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 Spanish Fort. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spanish Fort. See our Newspapers Page for Spanish Fort. Looking for more information about Spanish Fort? 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 Spanish Fort, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spanish Fort. We originally found mention of Spanish Fort 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 Spanish Fort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Spanish Fort in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
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Communities Also Named Spanish Fort ...
Communities near Spanish Fort ...
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From that list, the Spanish Fort post office opened in 1877.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Montague, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spanish Fort - 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> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/