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.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: historic fort in Louisiana, USA
- Also known as: “Fort Jackson (Louisiana)”, “Fort Jackson (Luisiana)”, and “Fort Jackson, Louisiana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort St. Philip and Boothville.
Fort St. Philip
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Boothville
Village
Boothville is an unincorporated community and… Boothville is situated 2½ miles southeast of Fort Jackson.
Buras
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.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″ north
Longitude
-89.45506° or 89° 27′ 18″ west
Elevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)
Open location code
76XG9G5V+3X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Fort Jackson” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن جاكسون (لويزيانا)”
- Chinese: “杰克逊堡（路易斯安那州）”
- Japanese: “ジャクソン砦”
- Spanish: “Fort Jackson”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Jackson”
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Highlights: Fort Jackson Parish Park and Battery Merrill.
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