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Welcome to Call's Fort ...

Call's Fort is located in Box Elder County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Call's Fort, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

Time Zone: Call's Fort lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Going back to its beginning, Call's Fort was originally named Harper. For more information about the names of Call's Fort, see The Names of Call's Fort on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Call's Fort ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Call's Fort.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Call's Fort ...

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

Adding Call's Fort to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Call's Fort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Call's Fort post office opened in 1873.

We also found Call's Fort mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Call's Fort.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Box Elder, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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