Fort Loudon
Fort Loudoun was a British fort located in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee. Constructed from 1756 until 1757 to help garner Cherokee support for the British at the outset of the French and Indian War, the fort was one of the first significant British outposts west of the Appalachian Mountains.
- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 820 feet (250 metres)
- Description: British colonial-era fort in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States
- Also known as“Fort Loudoun”“Fort Lowdon”“Old Fort Loudon”
Places of Interest
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Fort Loudoun State Historic Park
Park
Fort Loudoun State Historic Park is a state park in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rarity Bay and Greenback.
Greenback
Greenback is a city in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States.
5 miles northeast of Fort Loudon
Hopewell Springs
Hamlet
Hopewell Springs is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
6 miles southwest of Fort Loudon
Fort Loudon
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Latitude
35.59591° or 35° 35′ 45″ north
Longitude
-84.2063° or 84° 12′ 23″ west
Open location code
867QHQWV+9F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Swedish—“Fort Loudon” goes by many names.
حصن لودونEgyptian Arabic
Fort LoudounNorwegian Bokmål
Fort LoudounNorwegian Nynorsk
Fort LoudounSlovenian
Fort LoudounSwedish
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