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Welcome to Nieswanders Fort ...

Nieswanders Fort is located in Frederick County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Nieswanders Fort: Nieswanders Ft. (or less commonly used: Nieswanders Frt.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Nieswanders Fort for more information about variations on the name of Nieswanders Fort.

Nieswanders Fort is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Nieswanders Fort lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Nieswanders Fort: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Nieswanders Fort ...

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

  • Petersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Winchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Front Royal
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Strasburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodstock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Berryville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Stephens City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Boyce
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Capon Bridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Toms Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nieswanders Fort ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nieswanders Fort - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Nieswanders Fort area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Nieswanders Fort area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.