Spanish Fort

Spanish Fort or "Old Spanish Fort" can refer to:

in Micronesia
  • Spanish Fort, Micronesia
  • Spanish Fort (Colonia (Yap), FM), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in the United States

(by state)

  • Spanish Fort, Alabama
  • Spanish Fort (Colorado), a Spanish military post built near Sangre de Cristo Pass in 1819
  • Spanish Fort, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Spanish Fort Site (22SH500), Holly Bluff, MS, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
  • Old Spanish Fort (Pascagoula, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
  • Old Spanish Fort Archeological Site, Mount Vernon, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Missouri
  • Spanish Fort Site, Spanish Fort, TX, listed on the NRHP in Texas

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