Fort Griffin
Fort Griffin, now a Texas state historic site as Fort Griffin State Historic Site, was a US Cavalry fort established 31 July 1867 by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry, U.S. Army, under the command of Lt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: historic site in Albany (vicinity), Shackelford County, Texas
- Also known as: “Fort Griffin State Historic Site”, “Fort Griffin State Park”, and “Fort Griffin, TX”
Fort Griffin
- Categories: ghost town, historic site, and locality
- Location: Shackelford County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.93206° or 32° 55′ 55″ northLongitude
-99.23008° or 99° 13′ 48″ westElevation
1,214 feet (370 metres)United Nations Location Code
US GFIOpen location code
8642WQJ9+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 151679999OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4691876Wikidata ID
Q8564738
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From Chinese to Spanish—“Fort Griffin” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格里芬堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Griffin”
- French: “Fort Griffin”
- Spanish: “Fort Griffin”
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