List of forts in Florida
There are several historical forts in the U.S. state of Florida. De Quesada states that there have been more than 300 "camps, batteries, forts and redoubts" in Florida since European settlement began. More than 80 "blockhouses, forts, camps and stockades" were used at one time or another in Florida during the Seminole Wars. Most forts were constructed from earth and/or wood, with occasional incorporation of brick or stone. Many were intended to be used for only a short period, and most have effectively disappeared. In some cases, a series of forts with different names were built on or close to the same place.
List of forts
- Battery San Antonio - Pensacola
- Castillo de San Marcos (also Fort Marion and Fort St. Mark, now a U.S. National Monument)
- Fort Alabama
- Fort Ann
- Fort Annuttgeliea
- Fort Armstrong
- Fort Arbuckle
- Fort Barrancas (also Fort San Carlos de Barrancas)
- Fort Basinger
- Fort Blount
- Fort Brooke
- Fort Caroline
- Fort Casey
- Fort Center
- Fort Christmas
- Fort Chokonikla (also Fort Chokkonickla and Fort Chokhonikla, now part of Paynes Creek Historic State Park)
- Fort Clarke, in present-day Gainesville, Second Seminole War[1]
- Fort Clinch
- Fort Cooper
- Fort Cross, on Cape Sable, Third Seminole War
- Fort Cummings
- Fort Dallas
- Fort Defiance
- Fort Denaud
- Fort Desoto
- Fort Diego
- Fort Drane
- Fort Drum
- Fort Duncan McRee (also Addison Blockhouse), in Tomoka State Park
- Fort Dulany
- Fort Fannin
- Fort Foster
- Fort Fraser
- Fort Gadsden
- Fort Gardiner
- Fort Gatlin
- Fort George
- Fort Green
- Fort Harlee
- Fort Hartsuff
- Fort Harvie
- Fort Heileman
- Fort Hooker
- Fort Houston, in Tallahassee, Civil War
- Fort Jefferson
- Fort Juniper
- Fort Keais
- Fort King
- Fort Kissimmee
- Fort Lane
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Lloyd
- Fort Lonesome
- Fort Maitland
- Fort Mason
- Fort Matanzas
- Fort McRee
- Fort McCoy
- Fort Meade (Florida)
- Fort Mellon
- Fort Mitchell
- Fort Mose
- Fort Myakka
- Fort Myers
- Fort Ogden
- Fort Peyton
- Fort Pickens
- Fort Picolata
- Fort Pierce
- Fort Poinsett, on Cape Sable, Second Seminole War
- Fort Russell, on Key Biscayne, Second Seminole War
- Fort St. Andrews
- Fort St. Francis de Pupa
- Fort San Carlos, Fernandina Beach, Second Spanish rule
- Fort San Lucia
- Fort San Luis de Apalachee
- Fort San Marcos de Apalachee (also Fort St. Marks)
- Fort San Nicholas
- Fort Scott
- Fort Simmons
- Fort Starke
- Fort Sullivan
- Fort T.B. Adams
- Fort Thompson
- Fort Tonyn
- Fort Vinton
- Fort Wacahoota
- Fort Walker (also Fort Hogtown), in present-day Gainesville, Second Seminole War[1]
- Fort Walton
- Fort Ward
- Fort Weadman
- Fort White
- Fort William
- Yellow Bluff Fort
- Fort Zachary Taylor (also Fort Taylor)
There are also Martello towers in Key West, Florida.
Notes
References
- de Quesada, Alejandro M. (2006) A History of Florida Forts. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 1-59629-104-4
- Rajtar, Steve. (2007) A guide to historic Gainesville. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-217-8