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Fort Meade

Fort Meade is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 9,324 at the 2020 census. It is the home to the National Security Agency, Central Security Service, United States Cyber Command and the Defense Information Systems Agency, which are located on the U.S. Army post Fort George G.
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  • Type: Village with 9,320 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort George Meade”, “Fort Meade CDP”, “Fort Meade, Maryland”, and “Fort Meade, MD”
  • Postal code: 20755

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Cryptologic Museum and Defense Information School.

Museum
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The is an American museum of cryptologic history that is affiliated with the National Security Agency. The first public museum in the U.S. is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Meade.

The is a United States Department of Defense school located at Fort George G. Meade, . DINFOS fulfills the Department of Defense's need for an internal corps of professional journalists, broadcasters, and public affairs professionals.

Park
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The was a memorial to the military servicemen who participated in aerial reconnaissance during the Cold War. Dedicated on September 2, 1997, NVP was located just one block from the National Security Agency headquarters at Fort George G. is situated 2 miles west of Fort Meade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seven Oaks and Odenton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. Though it is included in the census-designated place of , it lies across from and the NSA, and is more a part of those communities. is situated 2 miles east of Fort Meade.

Town
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is a census-designated place in , , United States, located approximately 10–20 minutes from the state capital, . is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Meade.

Suburb
is an unincorporated community within the Washington DC suburb of , , United States. began as a Planned Unit Development, and was a project of the Constellation Real Estate Group, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Constellation Energy Group, which itself, is now owned by Exelon. is situated 3 miles southeast of Fort Meade.

Fort Meade

Latitude
39.1027° or 39° 6′ 10″ north
Longitude
-76.74125° or 76° 44′ 29″ west
Population
9,320
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
IATA airport code
FME
United Nations Location Code
US FME
Open location code
87F54735+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9208851449
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7257909
Wiki­data ID
Q755026
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Fort Meade” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fort Meade”
  • Bavarian: “Fort Meade, Maryland”
  • Bavarian: “Fort Meade”
  • Catalan: “Fort Meade”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Meade”
  • Chinese: “Fort Meade”
  • Chinese: “米德堡 (馬里蘭州)”
  • Chinese: “米德堡”
  • Dutch: “Fort Meade”
  • French: “Fort Meade”
  • German: “Fort Meade”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت مید (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت مید”
  • Irish: “Fort Meade”
  • Italian: “Fort Meade”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ミード”
  • Kazakh: “Fort Mïd”
  • Kazakh: “Форт Мид”
  • Kazakh: “فورت مىيد”
  • Kirghiz: “Форт Мид”
  • Ladin: “Fort Meade”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fort Meade”
  • Persian: “فرت مید، مریلند”
  • Persian: “فرت مید”
  • Polish: “Fort Meade”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Meade”
  • Russian: “Форт-Мид (Мэриленд)”
  • Russian: “Форт-Мид”
  • Serbian: “Форт Мид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Meade, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Meade”
  • Slovenian: “Fort Meade”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فورت مئید، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Fort Meade (Maryland)”
  • Spanish: “Fort Meade”
  • Tatar: “Форт-Мид (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Форт-Мид”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-Мід”
  • Uzbek: “Fort Meade”
  • Uzbek: “Форт Меаде”
  • Volapük: “Fort Meade”

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Highlights include Parade Field and Fort George G. Meade Museum.

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