Welcome to Fort Canby ...
Fort Canby is located in Pacific County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Canby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.
A typical abbreviation for Fort Canby: Ft. Canby
Fort Canby is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Fort Canby lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Fort Canby: 360 & 564<3>
Communities near Fort Canby ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Canby.
- Astoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Warrenton is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,739 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <4>
- Gearhart
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gearhart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
- Gearhart is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,644 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gearhart <4>
- Long Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hammond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Hammond is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <4>
- Breakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chinook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Megler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Knappton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Knappton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
- Knappton is located in Pacific County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Knappton
- From Fort Canby to Knappton
- Naselle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Canby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Canby.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Canby. 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 Canby.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Canby. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Canby.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Canby ...
Looking for more information about Fort Canby? 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 Canby, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Canby.
Adding Fort Canby to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Fort Canby 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 Fort Canby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Fort Canby post office opened in 1890.
We also found Fort Canby in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Canby.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pacific, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Canby - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Canby area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Canby 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |