Welcome to Old Fort ...
Old Fort is located in Ashland County<1>.
Old Fort is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Old Fort lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Old Fort and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Old Fort: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Old Fort ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Old Fort - they are located in British Columbia, Idaho, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (2) and Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Old Fort.
Communities near Old Fort ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Old Fort.
- Ashland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Washburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Bayfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Odanah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- White River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Moquah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Cedar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Benoit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Marengo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- High Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
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 Old Fort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Old Fort.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Old 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 Old Fort.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Fort. See our Newspapers Page for Old Fort.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Ashland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Old 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Old Fort area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Old Fort area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |