Fort Polk
Fort Polk, formerly Fort Johnson, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles east of Leesville and 30 miles north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.Fort Polk
- Type: Military installation
- Address: LA
- Location: Vernon, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.98749° or 30° 59′ 15″ north
Longitude
-93.05004° or 93° 3′ 0″ west
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
Open location code
8628XWPX+XX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Fort Polk” goes by many names.
- French: “Fort Johnson”
- German: “Fort Johnson”
- Portuguese: “Fort Johnson”
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