Fort Jesup State Historic Site
Fort Jesup, also known as Fort Jesup State Historic Site or Fort Jesup or Fort Jesup State Monument, was built in 1822, 22 miles west of Natchitoches, Louisiana, to protect the United States border with New Spain and to return order to the Neutral Strip.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Many.
Many
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Many is a small town in Central Louisiana and is the parish seat of Sabine Parish. The town is also the gateway to the Louisiana portion of the Toledo Bend Reservoir.
Fort Jesup State Historic Site
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Cantonment Jesup”, “Fort Jessup State Commemorative Area”, and “Fort Jesup State Commemorative Area”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Sabine, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.5274° or 31° 31′ 39″ northLongitude
-93.4024° or 93° 24′ 9″ westElevation
417 feet (127 metres)Open location code
8638GHGX+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 358373373OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4325000
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Fort Jesup State Historic Site” goes by many names.
- French: “Fort Jesup”
- German: “Fort Jesup”
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