Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook in Middletown Township, New Jersey. The coastal artillery base defended the Atlantic coast and the entrance to New York Harbor, with its first gun batteries operational in 1896.
Wikijazz, Public domain.- Hamlet
- …is also known as “Fort Hancock, New Jersey”
- Description: fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Places of Interest
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Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook is a narrow land spit on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey.
Sandy Hook Light
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and…
Hamlets in the Area
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Hilton
Atlantic Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County…
3½ miles south of Fort Hancock
Waterwitch
Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
4 miles south of Fort Hancock
Monmouth Hills
Middletown Township is a township in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
4 miles south of Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock
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Latitude
40.464° or 40° 27′ 50″ north
Longitude
-74.00264° or 74° 0′ 10″ west
Open location code
87G7FX7W+HW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Hebrew—“Fort Hancock” goes by many names.
漢考克堡Chinese
حصن هانكوكEgyptian Arabic
פורט האנקוקHebrew
פורט האנקוק (ניו ג’רזי)Hebrew
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Localities in the Area
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