Fort Knox
Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Godman Army Airfield and United States Bullion Depository.
Godman Army Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Godman Army Airfield is a military airport located on the Fort Knox United States Army post in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. It has four runways and is used entirely by the United States Army Aviation Branch.
United States Bullion Depository
Warehouse
Photo: Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located next to the United States Army post of Fort Knox, Kentucky. United States Bullion Depository is situated 1 mile southeast of Fort Knox.
Barr Memorial Library
Library
Barr Memorial Library, named after Major General David Goodwin Barr, is a part of the Community Recreation Division of Fort Knox’s Directorate of Family, Moral, Welfare and Recreation. Barr Memorial Library is situated 1¼ miles east of Fort Knox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Radcliff and Lickskillet.
Radcliff
Town
Radcliff is a city in Hardin County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was around 23,042 as of the 2020 Census, up from 21,692 from the 2010 census. Radcliff is situated 4 miles south of Fort Knox.
Lickskillet
Hamlet
Lickskillet is an unincorporated community in Meade County, Kentucky, United States. Lickskillet is situated 5 miles northwest of Fort Knox.
Fort Knox
- Type: Military installation
- Location: Hardin, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.89281° or 37° 53′ 34″ northLongitude
-85.9747° or 85° 58′ 29″ westPopulation
12,400Elevation
673 feet (205 metres)Open location code
869PV2VG+44GeoNames ID
6940288
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fort Knox” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورت نوكس”
- Belarusian: “Форт-Нокс”
- Chinese: “诺克斯堡”
- Persian: “فورت ناکس”
- Russian: “Форт-Нокс”
- Serbian: “Форт Нокс”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Нокс”
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