Fort Abercrombie
Fort Abercrombie, in North Dakota, was a United States Army fort established by authority of an Act of Congress, March 3, 1857. The act allocated twenty-five square miles of land on the Red River of the North in Dakota Territory to be used for a military outpost, but the exact location was left to the discretion of Lieutenant Colonel John J.
- Park
- …lies at an elevation of around 940 feet (290 metres)
- …is also known as “Fort Abercrombie State Park”
- Description: fort in North Dakota
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abercrombie and Kent.
Abercrombie
Abercrombie is a city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States.
Kent
Village
Kent is a city in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States.
1½ miles east of Fort Abercrombie
Fort Abercrombie
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Latitude
46.445° or 46° 26′ 42″ north
Longitude
-96.71898° or 96° 43′ 8″ west
Open location code
86R5C7WJ+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = fort
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure = park
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Fort Abercrombie” goes by many names.
حصن أبركرومبيArabic
Fort AbercrombieDanish
Fort AbercrombieDutch
حصن ابيركرومبىEgyptian Arabic
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