Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: historic fort in Louisiana, USA
- Also known as: “Fort Jackson, Louisiana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort St. Philip and Boothville.
Fort St. Philip
Hamlet
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Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river.
Boothville
Village
Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 854 as of the 2010 census, and 718 at the 2020 U.S. census. Boothville is situated 2½ miles southeast of Fort Jackson.
Buras
Village
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Buras is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 945 at the 2010 census, and 1,109 in 2020. Prior to the 2010 census, Buras was considered to be part of the Buras-Triumph CDP. Buras is situated 4 miles west of Fort Jackson.
Fort Jackson
- Categories: fort and locality
- Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.35772° or 29° 21′ 28″ northLongitude
-89.45506° or 89° 27′ 18″ westElevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)Open location code
76XG9G5V+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 153776935OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fort Jackson” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杰克逊堡（路易斯安那州）”
- Japanese: “ジャクソン砦”
- Spanish: “Fort Jackson (Louisiana)”
- Spanish: “Fort Jackson (Luisiana)”
- Spanish: “Fort Jackson”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Jackson”
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