List of forts in the United States
This is a list of historical forts in the United States . World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.
Alabama
Fort Condé
Alaska
Fort William H. Seward
Arizona
Fort Apache
Arkansas
Fort Smith
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Fort Trumbull
Delaware
Fort Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Fort Pulaski
Hawaii
Fort Ruger
Idaho
Fort Sherman
Illinois
Fort de Chartres
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Iowa
Fort Atkinson
Kansas
Fort Scott
Kentucky
Fort Harrod
Louisiana
Fort Proctor
Maine
Fort Popham Fort Baldwin , open to the publicFort Edgecomb , open to the publicFort Foster , open to the publicFort George , open to the publicFort Gorges , open to the publicFort Halifax , open to the publicFort Kent , open to the publicFort Knox , open to the publicFort Levett , closed to the publicFort Lyon , closed to the publicFort McClary , open to the publicFort McKinley , closed to the publicFort O'Brien , open to the publicFort Pentagouet Fort Popham , open to the publicFort Preble , open to the publicFort Scammel , closed to the publicFort Sullivan , open to the publicFort Sumner , open to the publicFort Williams , open to the publicFort William Henry , open to the public
Maryland
Fort McHenry Fort Armistead , open to the publicFort Carroll , closed to the publicFort Cumberland , demolishedFort Defiance , open to the publicFort Detrick , closed to the publicFort Foote , open to the publicFort Frederick , open to the publicFort George G. Meade , closed to the publicFort Howard , open to the publicFort McHenry , open to the publicFort Severn , demolishedFort Smallwood , open to the publicFort Washington , open to the public
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Fort Belle Fontaine
Montana
Nebraska
Fort Atkinson
Nevada
Fort Churchill
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Fort Macon
North Dakota
Ohio
Fort Recovery
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Fort Mifflin Fort Allen (Carbon County, Pennsylvania) , abandonedFort Allen (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania) , abandonedFort Armstrong , abandonedFort Augusta , destroyedFort Bedford , partially reconstructed, open to the publicFort Bigham , destroyedFort Depuy , returned to its original ownersFort Deshler , abandonedFort Duquesne , destroyedFort Franklin (Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania) , abandonedFort Granville , destroyedFort Halifax , destroyedFort Hamilton (Pennsylvania) , abandonedFort Henry , abandonedFort Hunter , abandonedFort Hyndshaw , abandonedFort Jones , destroyedFort Juniata Crossing , abandonedFort Laughlin , destroyedFort Lebanon , abandonedFort Le Boeuf , destroyedLight's Fort , under renovationFort Ligonier , reconstructed, open to the publicFort Loudoun , reconstructed, open to the publicFort Lyttleton , destroyedFort Machault , destroyedFort Manada , destroyedFort Martin , abandonedFort Manada , abandonedFort McCord , destroyedFort McIntosh , destroyedMercer's Fort , destroyedFort Mifflin , open to the publicFort Necessity , destroyedFort Norris , abandonedFort Northkill , abandonedFort Pitt , partially reconstructed, open to the publicFort Presque Isle , destroyedFort Prince George , destroyedFort Robert Smalls , destroyedFort Roberdeau , reconstructed, open to the publicFort Robinson , abandonedFort Shirley , abandonedFort Swatara , abandonedFort Venango , destroyedHeinrich Zeller House , open to the public
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
Fort Greene Fort Adams , open to the publicFort Barton , open to the publicFort Burnside , open to the publicFort Church Fort Dumpling , open to the publicFort Getty , open to the publicFort Greble Fort Greene (1794) , abandonedFort Greene (1943) Fort Hamilton Fort Kearny , open to the publicFort Mansfield , open to the publicFort Ninigret , open to the publicQueen's Fort , open to the publicFort Varnum Fort Wetherill , open to the publicFort Wolcott , destroyed
South Carolina
Fort Sumter
South Dakota
Fort Sisseton
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Fort Canby Fort Casey , open to the publicFort Columbia , open to the publicFort Colville Fort Dent Fort Ebey Fort Flagler Fort George Wright Camp Hayden , open to the publicFort Lawton Fort Lewis Fort Nez Percés Fort Nisqually , rebuilt as a living history museum Fort Okanogan Fort Simcoe , open to the publicFort Spokane Fort Steilacoom , open to the publicFort Townsend Fort Vancouver , open to the publicFort Walla Walla , open to the publicFort Ward , open to the publicFort Whitman Fort Worden , open to the public
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
See also
References
Citations
Sources
Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States . New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-926880-X
Further reading
Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States . Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4 Wade, Arthur P. (2011). Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794–1815 . CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-2-2 Weaver II, John R. (2018). A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, 2nd Ed . McLean, VA: Redoubt Press. ISBN 978-1-7323916-1-1
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