Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: United States Army post in Leavenworth, Kansas
- Also known as: “Fort Leavenworth, Kansas” and “Fort Leavenworth, KS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherman Army Airfield and Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth.
Sherman Army Airfield
Aerodrome
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Sherman Army Airfield is a joint use civilian-military airport located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County, Kansas. The airport is located on the United States Army post, but the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, has an agreement providing for civilian use at all times without prior notice or permission.
Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth
Prison
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The Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth is a medium-security federal prison for male inmates in northeast Kansas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth is situated 2 miles southwest of Fort Leavenworth.
Centennial Bridge
Bridge
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The Centennial Bridge is a through arch bridge road bridge over the Missouri River connecting Leavenworth, Kansas, and Platte County, Missouri. Constructed in 1955, it was initially a toll bridge. Centennial Bridge is situated 2 miles south of Fort Leavenworth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beverly and Stillings.
Beverly
Hamlet
Beverly is an unincorporated community in Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is within the Kansas City metropolitan area. The community is located at the confluence of Bee Creek with the Missouri River Floodplain. Beverly is situated 2½ miles east of Fort Leavenworth.
Stillings
Hamlet
Stillings is an unincorporated community in Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies within the Kansas City metropolitan area. Stillings is situated 3 miles southeast of Fort Leavenworth.
Fort Leavenworth
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Fort Leavenworth” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Chinese: “库斯基亚”
- Chinese: “庫斯基亞”
- Chinese: “莱文沃思堡”
- Chinese: “莱文沃斯堡”
- Chinese: “萊文沃思堡”
- Czech: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Danish: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Dutch: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Finnish: “Fort Leavenworth”
- French: “Fort Leavenworth”
- German: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Hebrew: “פורט לוונוורת‘”
- Hebrew: “פורט לוונוורת’”
- Hebrew: “פורט לוונוורת”
- Hungarian: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Indonesian: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Irish: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Italian: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Japanese: “フォート・レヴンワース”
- Japanese: “フォート・レブンワース”
- Japanese: “レヴンワース砦”
- Japanese: “レブンワース砦”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Norwegian: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Persian: “فورت لونوورت”
- Polish: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Portuguese: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Russian: “Форт Ливенворт”
- Slovak: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Slovenian: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Spanish: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Spanish: “Leavenworth”
- Swedish: “Fort Leavenworth”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Лівенворт”
- Welsh: “Fort Leavenworth, Kansas”
- Welsh: “Fort Leavenworth”
- “Fort Leavenworth”
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