Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is an incomplete sea fort at the mouth of , , where the battle that sparked the American Civil War took place.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Moultrie and Battery Jasper.

Park
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is a series of fortifications on , built to protect the city of . The first fort, formerly named Fort Sullivan, built of palmetto logs, inspired the flag and nickname of , as "The Palmetto State". is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Fort Sumter.

Fort
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is a fort, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Fort Sumter.

Church
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is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Fort Sumter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sullivan’s Island Historic District and Sullivan’s Island.

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Sullivan's Island Historic District is a national historic district located at , . The district encompasses 36 contributing buildings on Sullivan's Island. is situated 1½ miles east of Fort Sumter.

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Sullivan's Island, historically known as O'Sullivan's Island, is a town and island in , United States, at the entrance to , with a population of 1,791 at the 2010 census, and 1,891 people in 2020.

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is a large town in the region of . The population of the town has exploded, making it a very popular bedroom community of the city of .

Fort Sumter

Latitude
32.75214° or 32° 45′ 8″ north
Longitude
-79.87506° or 79° 52′ 30″ west
Open location code
8742Q42F+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 12353668
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q737517
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Fort Sumter” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Fort Sumter”
  • Arabic: “حصن سمتر”
  • Basque: “Fort Sumter”
  • Breton: “Fort Sumter”
  • Catalan: “Fort Sumter”
  • Chinese: “桑特堡”
  • Chinese: “色末搭堡”
  • Chinese: “萨姆特堡”
  • Chinese: “萨姆特要塞”
  • Chinese: “薩姆特堡”
  • Czech: “Fort Sumter”
  • Danish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Danish: “Slaget om Fort Sumter”
  • Dutch: “Fort Sumter National Monument”
  • Dutch: “Fort Sumter”
  • Esperanto: “Fort Sumter”
  • Estonian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Estonian: “Sumteri fort”
  • Finnish: “Fort Sumter”
  • French: “fort Sumter”
  • French: “Fort Sumter”
  • Galician: “Fort Sumter”
  • German: “Fort Sumter National Monument”
  • German: “Fort Sumter”
  • Gilaki: “سامتئر قلا”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר סאמטר”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר סמטר”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת סאמטר”
  • Hebrew: “פורט סאמטר”
  • Hebrew: “פורט סמטר”
  • Hungarian: “Sumter-erőd”
  • Italian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Japanese: “サムター砦”
  • Japanese: “サムター要塞”
  • Korean: “섬터 요새”
  • Latin: “Arx Sumter”
  • Latin: “Castellum Sumter”
  • Lithuanian: “Samtero fortas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Sumter”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fort Sumter”
  • Polish: “Fort Sumter National Monument”
  • Polish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Portuguese: “Fort sumter”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Sumter”
  • Romanian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Russian: “Самтер”
  • Russian: “Форт Самтер”
  • Russian: “Форт-Самтер”
  • Spanish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Sumter”
  • Swedish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-Самтер”
  • Western Frisian: “Fort Sumter”
  • “Fort Sumter”

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