Fort Knox

United States Army post in Kentucky, United States
AdministrativeArea military_base Q983650
Fort Knox
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Fort Knox

Summary

Fort Knox is a military base[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of military_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,297 views/month, #3 of 398).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Knox is located in Bullitt County[3].
  • Fort Knox is located in Hardin County[4].
  • Fort Knox is located in Meade County[5].
  • Fort Knox is in the country of United States[6].
  • Fort Knox's image is recorded as An UH-1 Iroquois helicopter flies over the US Gold Bullion Depository.jpg[7].
  • Fort Knox's instance of is recorded as military base[8].
  • Henry Knox is named after Fort Knox[9].
  • Fort Knox's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127850853[10].
  • Fort Knox's GND ID is recorded as 4122688-4[11].
  • Fort Knox's locator map image is recorded as Fort Knox BD Map.png[12].
  • Fort Knox's locator map image is recorded as KYMap-doton-FortKnox.PNG[13].
  • Fort Knox's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81056588[14].
  • Fort Knox's Commons category is recorded as Fort Knox[15].
  • Fort Knox's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11068874[16].
  • +1918-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Knox[17].
  • Fort Knox's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1768306[18].
  • Fort Knox's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.915972222222, 'lon': -85.95625}[19].
  • Fort Knox's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.89113, 'lon': -85.96363}[20].
  • Fort Knox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k4yq[21].
  • Fort Knox's official website is recorded as https://home.army.mil/knox/index.php[22].
  • Fort Knox's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fort Knox[23].
  • Fort Knox's page banner is recorded as Fort Knox banner Cadet Summer Training.jpg[24].
  • Fort Knox's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10046427[25].
  • Fort Knox's described by source is recorded as FortWiki[26].
  • Fort Knox's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Fort-Knox[27].

Body

Geography

Fort Knox is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include Bullitt County[3], a county of Kentucky[28], in United States[29], founded in 1796[30]; Hardin County[4], a county of Kentucky[31], in United States[32], founded in 1792[33]; and Meade County[5], a county of Kentucky[34], in United States[35], founded in 1823[36].

Designation and Status

Fort Knox's instance of is recorded as military base[8].

History and Context

+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Knox[17]. Henry Knox is named after it[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Fort Knox include Samsung Knox[37], a software[38] and it[39], a census-designated place in the United States[40], in United States[41].

Why It Matters

Fort Knox ranks in the top 0.75% of military_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,297 views/month, #3 of 398).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Samsung Knox[37], a software[38] and it[39], a census-designated place in the United States[40], in United States[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Archives Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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