Fort Ritchie
Fort Ritchie is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Pennsylvania state line. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. Fort Ritchie is a former U.S. military base that closed in September 1998, pursuant to the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania is immediately to the north.- Hamlet with 12 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,360 feet (420 metres)
- Description: census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as“Fort Ritchie CDP”“Fort Ritchie, Maryland”“Fort Ritchie, MD”
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Camp Louise
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Quirauk Mountain
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Places in the Area
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Highfield-Cascade
Village
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Pen Mar
Village
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2 miles northeast of Fort Ritchie
Fort Ritchie
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Latitude
39.7059° or 39° 42′ 21″ north
Longitude
-77.49675° or 77° 29′ 48″ west
Open location code
87F4PG43+98
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Fort Ritchie” goes by many names.
Fort RitchieBasque
Fort RitchieCatalan
Fort RitchieCebuano
里奇堡Chinese
里奇堡 (馬里蘭州)Chinese
Fort RitchieDutch
فؤرت ریچیGilaki
فؤرت ریچی (مريلند)Gilaki
Fort RitchieIrish
Fort RitchieItalian
Fort RïtçïKazakh
Форт РитчиKazakh
فورت رىيتتشىيKazakh
Форт РитчиKirghiz
Fort RitchieLadin
Fort RitchieMin Nan Chinese
فرت ریتچی، مریلندPersian
فرت ریچیPersian
Fort RitchiePolish
Форт РичиSerbian
Fort RitchieSerbo-Croatian
Fort Ritchie, MarylandSerbo-Croatian
فورت ریچی، مریلندSouth Azerbaijani
Форт-РичиTatar
Форт-Ричи (Мэриленд)Tatar
Форт-РичіUkrainian
فورٹ رچی، میری لینڈUrdu
Fort RitchieUzbek
Форт РитчиеUzbek
Fort RitchieVolapük
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