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Fort Knox

United States Army post in Kentucky, United States

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Type: Military base
Controlled by: 1861–1865: Contested 1865–present: United States
Website: home .army .mil /knox /
In use: 1861–1865: Civil War 1865–1903: Settlement 1903–1918: Training grounds 1918–1925: Camp Knox 1925–1928: National Forest 1928–1931: Camp Knox 1932–present: Fort Knox
Current commander: Col. Christopher J. Ricci , Fort Knox Garrison Commander
Occupants: Brig. Gen. Sean Crockett , Commanding General, Fort Knox

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Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository (also known as Fort Knox), which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated.

The 109,000-acre (170 sq mi; 440 km) base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence, including the Army Human Resources Command. It is named in honor of Henry Knox, Chief of Artillery in the American Revolutionary War and the first United States secretary of war.