Fort Massac
Fort Massac is a French colonial and early National-era fort on the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, United States. Its site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Massac County, Illinois
- Address: 1308 E. 5th Street, Metropolis, IL 62960
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Massac Memorial Hospital.
Massac Memorial Hospital
Hospital building
Massac Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed general medical and surgical hospital located in Metropolis, Illinois, United States. In 2011, the hospital had 1,002 admissions, 10,031 emergency department visits, and 25,365 outpatient visits. Massac Memorial Hospital is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Massac.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metropolis and Grahamville.
Metropolis
Metropolis is a small city in Southern Illinois probably named out of wishful thinking which hasn't really been borne out. The town's current claim to fame is as the host for a floating riverboat casino run by the Harrah's casino chain of Reno, Nevada.
Grahamville
Hamlet
Grahamville is an unincorporated community in McCracken County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Grahamville is situated 4½ miles southwest of Fort Massac.
West Paducah
Hamlet
West Paducah is an unincorporated community in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 361 feet. West Paducah is situated 4½ miles southwest of Fort Massac.
Fort Massac
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Massac, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.14306° or 37° 8′ 35″ north
Longitude
-88.71185° or 88° 42′ 43″ west
Inception
1908
Open location code
869H47VQ+67
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Fort Massac” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬薩克堡”
- Chinese: “马萨克堡”
- French: “Fort Massiac”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Massac”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fort Massac”
- Spanish: “Fort Massac”
- Swedish: “Fort Massac”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wilcox Park and Spence Community Center.
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