Fort Riley

United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q1438701
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Fort Riley

Summary

Fort Riley is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (474 views/month, #44 of 9,562).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Riley is located in Geary County[3].
  • Fort Riley is located in Riley County[4].
  • Fort Riley is in the country of United States[5].
  • Fort Riley's image is recorded as Combat service identification badge of the 1st Infantry Division.svg[6].
  • Fort Riley's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[7].
  • Fort Riley's instance of is recorded as military base[8].
  • Fort Riley's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[9].
  • Fort Riley's operator is recorded as United States[10].
  • Fort Riley's operator is recorded as United States Army[11].
  • Bennett C. Riley is named after Fort Riley[12].
  • Fort Riley's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154821776[13].
  • Fort Riley's GND ID is recorded as 4541280-7[14].
  • Fort Riley's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84122908[15].
  • Fort Riley's IdRef ID is recorded as 06769358X[16].
  • Fort Riley's postal code is recorded as 66442[17].
  • Fort Riley's Commons category is recorded as Fort Riley[18].
  • Fort Riley's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 130301[19].
  • Fort Riley's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[20].
  • Fort Riley's said to be the same as is recorded as Camp Funston[21].
  • +1853-01-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Riley[22].
  • Fort Riley's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2393004[23].
  • Fort Riley's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.1, 'lon': -96.816666666667}[24].
  • Fort Riley's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0150dm[25].
  • Fort Riley's significant event is recorded as 1918–1920 flu pandemic[26].
  • Fort Riley's official website is recorded as http://www.riley.army.mil/[27].

Body

Geography

Fort Riley is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Geary County[3], a county of Kansas[28], in United States[29], founded in 1855[30] and Riley County[4], a county of Kansas[31], in United States[32], founded in 1855[33].

Physical Characteristics

Fort Riley's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+324'}[34]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+9230'}[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[7], military base[8], and unincorporated community[9].

History and Context

+1853-01-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Riley[22]. Bennett C. Riley is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

Fort Riley ranks in the top 0.46% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (474 views/month, #44 of 9,562).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . United States census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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