Fort Polk
Fort Polk, formerly Fort Johnson, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles east of Leesville and 30 miles north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: United States Army installation in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States, formerly named Fort Johnson
- Also known as: “Fort Johnson”
Fort Polk
- Categories: fort, military base, and locality
- Location: Vernon, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.04658° or 31° 2′ 48″ northLongitude
-93.20544° or 93° 12′ 20″ westElevation
312 feet (95 metres)IATA airport code
POEUnited Nations Location Code
US POEOpen location code
86382QWV+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 151350679OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Fort Polk” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “波克堡”
- Chinese: “波尔卡堡”
- Chinese: “波爾克堡”
- Chinese: “波爾卡堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Johnson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بولك”
- French: “fort Johnson”
- French: “Fort Johnson”
- German: “Fort Johnson”
- German: “Fort Polk”
- Haitian: “Fort Johnson, Lwizyana”
- Japanese: “キャンプ・ポーク”
- Japanese: “フォークポーク”
- Japanese: “フォート・ジョンソン”
- Japanese: “フォート・ポーク”
- Persian: “فورت پولک”
- Polish: “Fort Johnson”
- Portuguese: “Fort Johnson”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Джонсон”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Полк”
- Vietnamese: “Fort Polk”
- Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Johnson”
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