Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Also known as: “Spanish XVIII century fort”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Jackson and Boothville.
Fort Jackson
Hamlet
Photo: Jmulhearn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War.
Boothville
Village
Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 854 as of the 2010 census, and 718 at the 2020 U.S. census. Boothville is situated 3 miles southeast of Fort St. Philip.
Buras
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Buras is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 945 at the 2010 census, and 1,109 in 2020. Prior to the 2010 census, Buras was considered to be part of the Buras-Triumph CDP. Buras is situated 3½ miles west of Fort St. Philip.
Fort St. Philip
- Categories: fort and locality
- Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.36244° or 29° 21′ 45″ northLongitude
-89.46478° or 89° 27′ 53″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
76XG9G6P+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 153612747OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q5472085
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fort St. Philip” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “菲利普堡”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سانت فيليب”
- Japanese: “セントフィリップ砦”
- Russian: “Форт Сент-Филип”
- Spanish: “Fort Saint Phillip (Louisiana)”
- Spanish: “Fort Saint Phillip (Luisiana)”
- Spanish: “Fort Saint Phillip”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Felipe de Luisiana”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Felipe de Placaminas”
- Spanish: “Fuerte San Felipe de Placaminas”
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