Fort Place

Fort Place (1830s-unknown) - A Seminole War settler Fort established in the 1830s near present-day Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Florida. Abandoned in unknown. History Fort Place was built in the early 1830s as a settler refuge from hostile Indians. The fort consisted of a hewn-log block-house equipped with portholes for firearms. It was enclosed within a two-acre log stockade. Current Status Marker only, no visible remains of Fort Place.. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Florida. Maps & Images Lat: 30.056209 Long: -85.188995 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....' GPS Locations: 30.056209, -85.188995 Fort Place Marker See Also: Seminole War Forts List Sources: 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, page 199. Links: Waymarking - Fort Place Visited: No