Welcome to Fort Steele ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Steele. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Steele to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Steele, please Contact Us.

Fort Steele would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Steele, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Steele: Ft. Steele

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Steele is 6,500 feet [1,981 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Fort Steele is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Fort Steele was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Fort Steele still existed, it would have been in the (307) area code.

Communities Also Named Fort Steele ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fort Steele - it's located in British Columbia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Steele.

Communities near Fort Steele ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Fort Steele.

• Rawlins
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
  • Rawlins is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,484 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rawlins <4>
• Sinclair
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
  • Sinclair is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinclair <4>
• Walcott
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
  • Walcott is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <4>
• Hanna
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
  • Hanna is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanna <4>
• Elmo
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
  • Elmo is located in Carbon County
• Saratoga
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
  • Saratoga is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,599 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saratoga <4>
• Elk Mountain
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mountain
  • Elk Mountain is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Mountain <4>

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

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

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

Adding Fort Steele to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Steele 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 Steele was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Fort Steele on a map titled Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/