Fort McPherson
Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in Atlanta, Georgia, bordering the northern edge of the city of East Point, Georgia. It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Southeast Region; the U.S. Army Forces Command; the U.S. Army Reserve Command; the U.S. Army Central.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: U.S. Army base in Georgia, USA
- Also known as: “McPherson Barracks”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakewood/Fort McPherson station and Perkerson Park.
Lakewood/Fort McPherson station
Metro station
Lakewood / Fort McPherson is a subway station in Atlanta and East Point, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system.
Perkerson Park
Park
Photo: Scuzelbut1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Perkerson Park is a 50-acre park in the Capitol View and Sylvan Hills neighborhoods of Atlanta, Georgia with many amenities such as a disc golf course, six tennis courts, basketball half-court, splash pads, an elaborate playground, recreational fields, all under the shady canopy of huge oak trees.
Oakland City station
Metro station
Photo: DeKalb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oakland City is a subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system. Opened on December 15, 1984, it has one island platform between two tracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sylvan Hills and Capitol View.
Sylvan Hills
Neighborhood
Sylvan Hills is a historic intown neighborhood in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Sylva, Latin for “forest”, describes the mature and dense tree canopy that shades the streets and homes of Sylvan Hills.
Capitol View
Neighborhood
Capitol View is a historic intown southwest Atlanta, Georgia neighborhood. The neighborhood is 2.5 miles from downtown and was named for its views of the Georgia State Capitol building.
East Point
Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Point is southwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta in the city's Metro Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 39,595. The city is named for being at the opposite end of the former Atlanta & West Point Railroad from West Point, Georgia.
Fort McPherson
- Category: military base
- Location: Fulton, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Bokmål—“Fort McPherson” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort McPherson”
- Chinese: “麥克弗森堡”
- Dutch: “Fort McPherson”
- Haitian: “Fort McPherson, Georgie”
- Haitian: “Fort McPherson”
- Indonesian: “Benteng McPherson”
- Japanese: “フォートマクファーソン”
- Korean: “포트 맥퍼슨”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort McPherson”
- Norwegian: “Fort McPherson”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Womack Park and Oakland City Park.
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