Fort Ritchie

former American military installation
AdministrativeArea military_base Q392426
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Fort Ritchie

Summary

Fort Ritchie is a military base[1]. It draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (military_base category, ranking #63 of 398).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Ritchie is located in Washington County[3].
  • Fort Ritchie is in the country of United States[4].
  • Fort Ritchie's image is recorded as Fort Ritchie barracks MD1.jpg[5].
  • Fort Ritchie's instance of is recorded as military base[6].
  • Fort Ritchie's operator is recorded as Maryland Army National Guard[7].
  • Fort Ritchie's operator is recorded as United States Army[8].
  • Albert Cabell Ritchie is named after Fort Ritchie[9].
  • Fort Ritchie's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128017921[10].
  • Fort Ritchie's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n97122721[11].
  • Fort Ritchie's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n97122732[12].
  • Fort Ritchie's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17981093d[13].
  • Fort Ritchie's location is recorded as Highfield-Cascade[14].
  • Fort Ritchie's Commons category is recorded as Fort Ritchie, Maryland[15].
  • +1926-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Ritchie[16].
  • Fort Ritchie was dissolved in +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Fort Ritchie's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.7006, 'lon': -77.5028}[18].
  • Fort Ritchie's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0417lfg[19].
  • Fort Ritchie's described by source is recorded as FortWiki[20].
  • Fort Ritchie's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6298502[21].
  • Fort Ritchie's different from is recorded as Fort Ritchie[22].
  • Fort Ritchie's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+638'}[23].
  • Fort Ritchie's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+580'}[24].
  • Fort Ritchie's FAST ID is recorded as 1282621[25].
  • Fort Ritchie's Fandom article ID is recorded as military-history:Fort_Ritchie[26].
  • Fort Ritchie's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007535639305171[27].

Body

Geography

Fort Ritchie is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Washington County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+638'}[23] and {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+580'}[24].

Designation and Status

Fort Ritchie's instance of is recorded as military base[6].

History and Context

+1926-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Ritchie[16]. Albert Cabell Ritchie is named after it[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Fort Ritchie include Ritchie Boys[28], a group of humans[29], in United States[30] and it[31], a census-designated place in the United States[32], in United States[33].

Why It Matters

Fort Ritchie draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (military_base category, ranking #63 of 398).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Ritchie Boys[28], a group of humans[29], in United States[30] and it[31], a census-designated place in the United States[32], in United States[33].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . The Herald-Mail. Retrieved . heraldmailmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . mde.maryland.gov. Retrieved . mde.maryland.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The Herald-Mail. Retrieved . heraldmailmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . The Herald-Mail. Retrieved . heraldmailmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The Herald-Mail. Retrieved . heraldmailmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ritchierevival.com. Retrieved . ritchierevival.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The Herald-Mail. Retrieved . ritchierevival.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . mde.maryland.gov. Retrieved . mde.maryland.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . mde.maryland.gov. Retrieved . mde.maryland.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [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. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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