Welcome to Fort Ward ...

Fort Ward is located in Kitsap County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Ward, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Ward: Ft. Ward

Fort Ward is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fort Ward lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Fort Ward: (206)

Communities near Fort Ward ...

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

• Seattle
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seattle
  • Seattle is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 769,714 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seattle <3>
• Bellevue
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Bellevue is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 148,073 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <3>
• Kent
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Kent is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
• Renton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renton
  • Renton is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,494 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Renton <3>
• Kirkland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Kirkland is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,431 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirkland <3>
• Redmond
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond
  • Redmond is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redmond <3>
• Shoreline
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline
  • Shoreline is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,197 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shoreline <3>
• Burien
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burien
  • Burien is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,268 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burien <3>
• Bothell
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothell
  • Bothell is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,524 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bothell <3>
• Edmonds
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
  • Edmonds is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,515 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonds <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Ward ...

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

Adding Fort Ward to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Ward 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 for Fort Ward was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fort Ward post office opened in 1903.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Ward. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kitsap County: www.kitsapgov.com/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/