Fort Dade

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

1. Fort Dade Marker

Inscription. Located one mile east of this point on the south bank of the Withlacoochee River at the crossing of the Fort King Road. The Fort, built in 1837, named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, served for many years as a depot and observation post in the heart of the Seminole Indian settlement. Here, March 6, 1837, the Seminole leaders, Jumper and Alligator, met General Thomas S. Jesup to sign the "Ft. Dade Capitulation."

Erected 1966 by Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. (Marker Number F-136.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1892.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 28° 28.789′ N, 82° 10.656′ W. Marker was in near Lacoochee, Florida, in Pasco County. It was on U.S. 301. Located 7 miles north of Dade City, South of Reynolds Street at the County Line. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Dade City FL 33523, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was on Florida’s Gulf Coast

and on Tampa Bay.

It was also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Trilby Methodist Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Trilby (approx. 1.6 miles away); Trilby Cemetery

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(approx. 1.9 miles away); Fort King Road (approx. 2 miles away); Owensboro (approx. 2.4 miles away); Richloam (approx. 4.2 miles away); Richloam General Store and Post Office (approx. 4.2 miles away); Rumors of Riches (approx. 4.2 miles away).

Regarding Fort Dade. At Fort Dade General Thomas S. Jesup and five Seminole chiefs and representatives sign the capitulation in which the Seminoles agreed to immigrate to Oklahoma.

Also see . . . (Major) Francis Langhorne Dade, Wikipedia entry. a Major in the U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment, United States Army, during the Second Seminole War. Dade was killed in a battle with Seminole Indians that came to be known as the "Dade Massacre". Dade was born in Virginia, ... Dade County, Missouri, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Dade County, Georgia, and Dade City, Florida are all named after Major Dade. The now decommissioned fort on Egmont Key was also named for him. The battle is re-enacted at the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park each year. (Submitted on March 27, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

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1. Ft. Dade

Fort Dade Marker, looking north along US 301 at Pasco County line image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 20, 2011

2. Fort Dade Marker, looking north along US 301 at Pasco County line

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The marker doesn't seem to be at this location any longer. Does anyone know where it's been moved to?

— Submitted March 20, 2024.

Fort Dade Marker, looking south image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 20, 2011

3. Fort Dade Marker, looking south

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,859 times since then and 135 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 27, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.