Fort Knox

Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in , south of Louisville and north of . It is adjacent to the , which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated.
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  • Type: Locality with 10,100 residents
  • Description: United States Army post in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Camp Henry Knox”, “Camp Henry Knox Army Reservation”, “Camp Knox”, “Camp Knox Military Reservation”, and “Fort Knox CDP”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Godman Army Airfield and United States Bullion Depository.

Aerodrome
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is a military located on the Fort Knox United States Army post in , , . It has four runways and is used entirely by the United States Army Aviation Branch.

Warehouse
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The , often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located next to the United States Army post of Fort Knox, .

School
Fort Knox High School is a high school in , , United States, serving grades 9–12 on the grounds of Fort Knox. The original building was constructed in 1958, with further additions in 1961, 1966, 1987 and 1989.

Fort Knox

Latitude
37.8911° or 37° 53′ 28″ north
Longitude
-85.9636° or 85° 57′ 49″ west
Population
10,100
Elevation
738 feet (225 metres)
Abbreviation
“Ft. Knox”
IATA airport code
FTK
United Nations Location Code
US FTK
Open location code
869PV2RP+FG
Geo­Names ID
7259771
Wiki­data ID
Q983650
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Fort Knox” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fort Knox”
  • Arabic: “فورت كنوكس”
  • Arabic: “فورت نوكس”
  • Armenian: “Ֆորտ Նոքս”
  • Basque: “Fort Knox”
  • Belarusian: “Форт-Нокс”
  • Bulgarian: “Форт Нокс”
  • Catalan: “Fort Knox”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Knox”
  • Chinese: “諾克斯堡”
  • Chinese: “诺克斯堡”
  • Czech: “Fort Knox”
  • Danish: “Fort Knox”
  • Dutch: “Fort Knox”
  • Esperanto: “Fort Knox”
  • Finnish: “Fort Knox”
  • French: “Fort Knox”
  • German: “Fort Duffield”
  • German: “Fort Knox”
  • German: “Fort-Knox”
  • Hebrew: “פורט נוקס”
  • Hungarian: “Fort Knox”
  • Indonesian: “Fort Knox”
  • Italian: “Fort Knox”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ノックス”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ノックス基地”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ノックス陸軍基地”
  • Japanese: “フォートノックス”
  • Korean: “포트 녹스”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Camp Knox”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Knox”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Knox”
  • Persian: “فورت ناکس”
  • Polish: “Fort Knox”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Knox”
  • Russian: “Форт Кнокс”
  • Russian: “Форт Нокс”
  • Russian: “Форт-Нокс”
  • Serbian: “Форт Нокс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Knox, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Knox”
  • Slovenian: “Camp Knox”
  • Slovenian: “Fort Knox”
  • Spanish: “Fort Knox”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de Knox”
  • Swedish: “Fort Knox”
  • Tamil: “நாக்ஸ் கோட்டை”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-Нокс”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ ناکس”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fort Knox”

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