Fort Hamer, Florida

Fort Hamer, Florida
Unincorporated community
Fort Hamer
Fort Hamer is located in Manatee County
Fort Hamer
Fort Hamer
Location within Manatee County, Florida
Coordinates: 27°31′31″N 82°25′48″W / 27.52528°N 82.43000°W / 27.52528; -82.43000[1]
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyManatee
EstablishedNovember 28, 1849 (1849-11-28)
Elevation
7 ft (2 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code941
FIPS code12-23895[1]
GNIS feature ID295293[1]

Fort Hamer is an unincorporated area in Manatee County, Florida, United States, and was the name of a short-lived U.S. Army fort in eastern Manatee County. Although the area is named for Fort Hamer, the former military installation has never been precisely located through historical or archaeological research.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Hardships and Inconveniences: The Manatee River Forts during the Seminole Wars".