Pacific Northwest
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Pierce

Fort Lewis

Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located 9.1 miles south-southwest of . Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form .
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  • Type: Town with 14,100 residents
  • Description: military facility in Pierce County, Washington, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort Lewis CDP”, “Fort Lewis, WA”, “Fort Lewis, Washington”, “Joint Base Lewis McChord”, “Joint Base Lewis-McChord”, and “Lewis McChord”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Madigan Army Medical Center and Gray AAF.

Hospital
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The , located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord just outside , is a key component of the Madigan Healthcare System and one of the largest military hospitals on the of the United States.

Aerodrome
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Gray Army Airfield, also known as , is a military airfield located within near , in , United States. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fort Lewis.

Guest house
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is an English Gothic estate in what is now . It consists of three buildings, including Castle, which was built from the brick of a dismantled 15th-century house imported from England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include DuPont and Steilacoom.

Town
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is a city in , , United States. The population was 10,151 at the 2020 census. Originally a company town, the city is named after the chemical company which operated an explosives manufacturing plant in the area from 1909 to 1975. is situated 4 miles west of Fort Lewis.

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, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern , is the oldest incorporated town in . It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.

Town
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is a city in , United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind , and is a suburban bedroom community. is situated 4½ miles north of Fort Lewis.

Fort Lewis

Latitude
47.10869° or 47° 6′ 31″ north
Longitude
-122.55498° or 122° 33′ 18″ west
Population
14,100
Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)
Abbreviation
“JBLM”
United Nations Location Code
US YLE
Open location code
84VV4C5W+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34736758
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­base
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7261292
Wiki­data ID
Q3505731
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fort Lewis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فورت لويس، واشنطن”
  • Chinese: “劉易斯堡”
  • Chinese: “路易斯堡”
  • Dutch: “Fort Lewis”
  • Esperanto: “Fort Lewis”
  • Esperanto: “Fuorto Lewis”
  • French: “Fort Lewis”
  • French: “McChord Air Force Base”
  • German: “Fort Lewis”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت لۊئيس (واشينگتن)”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت لۊئيس”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס פורט לואיס”
  • Hungarian: “Fort Lewis”
  • Irish: “Fort Lewis”
  • Italian: “Fort Lewis”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ルイス”
  • Japanese: “ルイス駐屯地”
  • Korean: “포트 루이스”
  • Ladin: “Fort Lewis”
  • Norwegian: “McChord Air Force Base”
  • Persian: “فورت لوئیس”
  • Polish: “Fort Lewis”
  • Russian: “Форт-Льюис”
  • Serbian: “Форт Луис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Lewis, Washington”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Lewis”
  • Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea McChord”
  • Spanish: “Fort Lewis (Washington)”
  • Spanish: “Fort Lewis”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт Льюїс”

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