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Fort Carson

United States Army installation in El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Place military_base Q602739
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Summary

Fort Carson is a military base[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of military base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,138 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: El Paso County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: census-designated place in the United States[5]
  • Commons category: Fort Carson[6]
  • Inception: January 31, 1942[7]
  • Official website: https://home.army.mil/carson/[8]
  • Population: 13,813[9], 17,693[10]
  • Described by source: FortWiki[11]
  • Number of households: 3047[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1772 m[13]
  • Area: 22.468879 km²[14], 22.551356 km²[15]
  • Water as percent of area: 0 percent[16]
  • Water area: 0 km²[17]
  • Per capita income: 21,601 US dollars[18]

Why It Matters

Fort Carson has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

FortWiki United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fort-carson_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fort Carson}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fort-carson}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1942-01-31T00:00:00Z
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22.468879'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22.551356'}
    Sitelink count → 23
    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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