United States · 19th century
Fort Morgan ranks #2,117 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #38 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1834, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,935 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan, it was built on the site of the earlier Fort Bowyer, an earthen and stockade-type fortification involved in the final land battles of the War of 1812. Construction was completed in 1834, and it received its first garrison in March of the same year.
Fort Morgan is at the tip of Mobile Point at the western terminus of State Route 180 (Alabama). It and Dauphin Island, on which Fort Gaines is situated, enclose Mobile Bay. The Alabama Historical Commission maintains the site.
Text adapted from “Fort Morgan (Alabama)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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