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Fort Dodge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grandview Township, Ford County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 97. [2] It is located on U.S. Route 400 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Dodge City. Fort Dodge has a post office with ZIP code 67843. [3]
13 sty 2023 · Fort Dodge was a U.S. Army post that protected travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and provided supplies for traders and hunters. It is now a retirement community and nursing facility for Kansas veterans, with a historic library and a self-guided walking tour.
Learn about the fort that served the Santa Fe Trail and the Kansas Soldiers' Home that followed. See photos and stories of the fort's role in Indian wars, cattle drives, and veterans' care.
Take a self-guided walking tour of the grounds at this historic fort, built in 1867 to protect the mail service and wagon trains along the Santa Fe Trail, and later converted to the Kansas Soldiers Home.
Fort Dodge – jednostka osadnicza w Stanach Zjednoczonych, w stanie Kansas, w hrabstwie Ford.
Fort Dodge, Kansas was an important military fort along the Santa Fe Trail and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. People connected to Fort Dodge also helped start the famous nearby...
Today the Fort is utilized as a retirement community and nursing facility for retired Kansas veterans. A historic library and self-guided walking tour tell the fort's history to visitors. Many of the original buildings are still in use.
