Fort Hamer, Florida

Fort Hamer is an unincorporated area in Manatee County, Florida, United States, and was the name of a short-lived U.S. Army fort in Eastern Manatee County. Construction of the Fort Hamer Bridge over the Manatee River was being planned in 2014.^[1]

Overview

There is also a Fort Hamer Park.^[2] A site for the bridge was opposed in 2003 by tribal groups.^[3][4] The area is also being developed with training facilities for rowers.^[4]

The U.S. Army's Fort Hamer was constructed on the south bank of the Manatee River near Gates Creek and included approximately six log buildings including housing for 165 men, a mess hall, hay barn and hospital. It was abandoned within a year after it was built.^[5]

See also

• Lakewood Ranch
• Trail of Tears

References

Municipalities and communities of Manatee County, Florida, United States County seat: Bradenton Cities Anna Maria Bradenton Bradenton Beach Holmes Beach Palmetto Town Longboat Key‡ CDPs Bayshore Gardens Cortez Ellenton Memphis Samoset South Bradenton West Bradenton West Samoset Whitfield Unincorporated communities Cedar Hammock Duette Edgeville Elwood Park Fort Hamer Foxleigh Gillette Lakewood Ranch Manavista Manhattan Memphis Heights Myakka City Oak Knoll Oneco Palm View Palma Sola Parrish Rye Tallevast Tara Terra Ceia Verna Waterbury Ghost town Willow Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 27°31′31″N 82°25′48″W / 27.52528°N 82.43000°W / 27.52528; -82.43000