Fort Knox
Sign in to saveAlso known as Camp Knox, Camp Henry Knox, Camp Henry Knox Army Reservation, Camp Knox Military Reservation
United States Army post in Kentucky, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Fort Knox is referenced by 987 other articles, and connects out to United States Census Bureau, Associated Press and Shepherdsville.
The entry is geolocated on the map in KY.
It sits within the topics 1861 establishments in Kentucky, American Civil War forts and Census-designated places in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- military base
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Meade County
- Official website
- home.army.mil/knox/index.php
- Image
- An UH-1 Iroquois helicopter flies over the US Gold Bullion Depository.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fort Knox
- topic's main category
- Category:Fort Knox
- inception
- 1918-00-00
- social media followers
- 3598
- different from
- Fort Knox
- contact page URL
- home.army.mil/knox/contact
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- Carex bohemica
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Knox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.