Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 169
Land area (2000): 0.313471 sq. miles (0.811885 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.313471 sq. miles (0.811885 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28425
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.144034 N, 91.934839 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52144
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Headwords:
Fort Atkinson
Housing Units (2000): 4983
Land area (2000): 5.393013 sq. miles (13.967840 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.094564 sq. miles (0.244919 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.487577 sq. miles (14.212759 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26675
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 42.927091 N, 88.840446 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 53538
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Headwords:
Fort Atkinson
Wikipedia
Fort Atkinson is the name of several locations in the United States:
- Fort Atkinson, Iowa, a town named after General Atkinson
- Fort Atkinson State Preserve, 1840s U.S. Army post in Fort Atkinson, Iowa
- Fort Atkinson (Nebraska), 1820s U.S. Army post
- Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, a city
- Fort Koshkonong, a Black Hawk War fort in Wisconsin sometimes called Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson was the first United States Army post to be established west of the Missouri River in the unorganized region of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. Located just east of present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the fort was erected in 1819 and abandoned in 1827. The site is now known as Fort Atkinson State Historical Park and is a National Historic Landmark. A replica fort was constructed by the state at the site during the 1980s–1990s.
The post, which included soldiers, traders, trappers, and other frontier people, has been credited by the Nebraska State Legislature as the first town in Nebraska. Founded almost 30 years before the creation of the Nebraska Territory, Fort Atkinson had more than 1,000 residents. It included a brickyard, lime kiln, stone quarry, grist mill, saw mill, and cooper shop.
Usage examples of "fort atkinson".
The camp, called Cantonment Missouri, was moved up onto the high bluff and the permanent fort, Fort Atkinson, was established there.
Even as we talk, some of our men are encamped not only here, but also near Fort Atkinson and near St.