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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: fort in North Dakota
- Also known as: “Fort Abercrombie State Park”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abercrombie and Kent.
Abercrombie
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Abercrombie is a city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 244 at the 2020 census. Abercrombie was founded in 1884.
Kent
Village
Kent is a city in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 65 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micropolitan Statistical Area. Kent is situated 1½ miles east of Fort Abercrombie.
Fort Abercrombie
- Categories: fort, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Richland, North Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.445° or 46° 26′ 42″ northLongitude
-96.71898° or 96° 43′ 8″ westElevation
938 feet (286 metres)Open location code
86R5C7WJ+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 496235097OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5059241Wikidata ID
Q825070
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Spanish—“Fort Abercrombie” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Fort Abercrombie”
- Dutch: “Fort Abercrombie”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ابيركرومبى”
- French: “fort Abercrombie”
- French: “Fort Abercrombie”
- German: “Fort Abercrombie”
- Polish: “Fort Abercrombie”
- Russian: “Форт-Эберкромби”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Abercrombie”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abercrombie City park and Kent Post Office.
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