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| No. | Name | Located | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erected at the Expense of the Quartermaster or by Volunteer Troops | ||||
| 1 | Fort Alden | 2.5 miles above Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Northern Battalion |
| 1 | Fort Borst | Chehalis River below mouth of Skookum Chuck | 1,2,4 | |
| 1 | Fort at Cowlitz Landing | Cowlitz Landing | 1,4 | Stockaded |
| 1 | Fort Decatur | Seattle | 1,4 | |
| 1 | Fort Ebey (2) | On Ebey Island in Snohomish River | 1,4 | |
| 2 | Fort Hays (2) | Connel's Prairie | 1,2,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 2 | Fort Hicks | Montgomery's | 1,4 | Built by Pioneer Co. |
| 1 | Fort Lander | On Dewamish | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort at Lone Tree Point | On Lone Tree Point near La Conner | 4,5 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Mason (3) | Wilson's Point | 1,4,5 | |
| 1 | Fort McAllister (2) | South Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Miller (2) | Tenalquot Plains | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 2 | Fort Pike (4) | Crossing of White River | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Posey | Crossing of White River | 1 | |
| 1 | Fort Preston (3) | Michel's Fork of Nisqually | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers Capt. Miller's company |
| 1 | Fort Raglan | Nisqually River, Packards Ferry | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers, Stockaded |
| 1 | Fort Stevens (3) | Yelm Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Tilton | 1.5 miles below Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers Northern Battalion |
| 1 | Fort White (2) | Crossing of Puyallup | 1,4 | |
| 2 | Olympia Blockhouse | Olympia | 1,4,5 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Lewis River | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Lowe's on Chambers Praire | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Port Townsend | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Bellingham Bay | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Vancouver | 1 | Built by Capt. Kelly's Company |
| 1 | Unknown | Fourth Prairie | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Washougle | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Klickatat Prairie near Cowlitz | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | French settlement, near Cowlitz Farms | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Skookum Chuck | 1 | |
| Built by Settlers | ||||
| 1 | Alexander Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1,4 | |
| 0 | Bush Stockade | Bush's | 1 | |
| 2 | Chambers Blockhouse | Chambers Prairie | 1,4,5 | |
| 2 | Crockett Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1,4 | |
| 1 | Davis Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1 | |
| 1 | Dofflemyer Blockhouse | Dofflemyer's | 1 | |
| 4 | Ebey Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1,4 | |
| 1 | Fort Arkansas | Near Castle Rock, on the East side of Cowlitz River | 1,4 | Built by Henry Jackson |
| 1 | Fort Cagle | Near Castle Rock, on the West side of Cowlitz River | 1,4 | Built by William Cagle |
| 1 | Fort Eaton | Eaton Prairie | 1,4 | Nathan Eaton |
| 2 | Fort Henness | Mound Prairie | 1,4 | |
| 0 | Goodell Stockade | Goodell's | 1 | |
| 1 | Port Gamble Blockhouse | Port Gamble | 1 | Built by Capt. Joshua Keller |
| ? | Fort Nugent | West of Oak Harbor | 4,5 | |
| 0 | Stockade at Cochran's | Skookum Chuck | 1 | |
| 2 | Unknown | Falls, near Olympia | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Tenalquet Prairie | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Lewis River | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Mime Prairie | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Meigs' Mill | 1 | |
| 2 | Unknown | Cascades | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Boise Fort | 1 | |
| Built by Regular Troops | ||||
| 1 | Blockhouse on the Black River | Black River | 1 | |
| 1 | Fort Maloney | Puyallup River | 1,2,3,4 | Built by Captain Maurice Maloney and 4th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Mason (6) | Mill Creek, Walla Walla Valley | 1,4 | Built by 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Naches | Naches River 9 miles above Yakima | 3,4 | Built by Colonel George Wright and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 4 | Fort Simcoe | Toppenish Creek near the site of Haller's defeat near Yakama | 2,3,4 | Built by Major Robert S. Garnett and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Slaughter | Muckleshoot Prairie | 1,2,3,4 | Built by Captain Erasmus Darwin and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| ? | Fort Taylor (3) | East of Starbuck, Vicinity of Walla Walla | 4 | Built by Colonel George Wright and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Thomas (3) | Green River | 1,2,3,4 | Built by 4th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Townsend | Olympic Peninsula, south of Port Townsend | 4 | Built by Captain Granville O. Haller, 4th U.S. Infantry
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| Sources: 1. Whiting, J.S., Forts of the State of Washington: A record of Military and Semi-Military Establishments Designated as Forts, Kelly Printing Company, Seattle, Second Edition, 1951, page 4-11 2. Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 177-192 3. Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page829-839, 4. History Link - Forts of Washington Territory 5. McDaniel, Nancy L., A Sound Defense: Military Historical Sites of Puget Sound, Self Published, 2013, 365 pages, ISBN 978-0-9759044-2-8 | ||||