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About this site
Fort Griffin is a state historic site in Texas, Texas. It is one of 24 state historic sites documented in Texas in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 24 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.9257, -99.2224. The nearest cataloged historic site is Acton (state historic site), about 96 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fort McKavett, Eisenhower Birthplace, and Confederate Reunion Grounds.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #P008. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Fort Griffin, now the Fort Griffin State Historic Site in Shackelford County, Texas, was a U.S. Cavalry fort established on July 31, 1867, by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry to protect settlers from Comanche and Kiowa raids. Originally called Camp Wilson, it was renamed for Union Civil War general Charles Griffin; most of its more than 90 buildings were temporary, and the fort was abandoned in 1879. A rough frontier town known as 'the Flat' grew up nearby and became a stop on cattle drives, drawing figures of the Old West. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1971, transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission in 2008, and today maintains part of the official state Texas Longhorn herd.
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