Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)

Fort Hunter
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (near Middle Paxton Township, Pennsylvania)
Fort Hunter is located in Pennsylvania
Fort Hunter
Fort Hunter
Location of Fort Hunter in Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′46″N 76°54′43″W / 40.34611°N 76.91194°W / 40.34611; -76.91194
TypeMilitary fort
Site information
Controlled byDauphin County Parks and Recreation Department[1]
Site history
Built1755
In use1755-1763
Battles/warsFrench and Indian War
Pontiac's War
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Samuel Hunter
Captain Thomas McKee
Captain Read
Captain Johnson
Ensign John Mears
Ensign Jacob Kern
Ensign George Price
Captain James Patterson
Garrison25-108 men plus officers
Designated1947

Fort Hunter was a military fort located in present-day Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania. It was initially a stockaded gristmill fortified by Samuel Hunter in 1755 and later enlarged and maintained by the Province of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. Fort Hunter was part of a defensive line of forts built in Pennsylvania during 1755 and 1756, at the start of hostilities with the French and their allied Native Americans. It was briefly used during Pontiac's War, then abandoned in 1763.

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