Fort Rucker

U.S. Army post located in Dale County, Alabama, U.S.; census designated place
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q1292067
Fort Rucker
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Fort Rucker

Summary

Fort Rucker is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (372 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Rucker is located in Dale County[3].
  • Fort Rucker is in the country of United States[4].
  • Fort Rucker's image is recorded as Fortrucker.png[5].
  • Fort Rucker's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • Fort Rucker's instance of is recorded as military base[7].
  • Fort Rucker's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[8].
  • Michael J. Novosel is named after Fort Rucker[9].
  • Fort Rucker's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127854371[10].
  • Fort Rucker's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81106991[11].
  • Fort Rucker's postal code is recorded as 36362[12].
  • Fort Rucker's Commons category is recorded as Fort Rucker[13].
  • Fort Rucker's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7358232[14].
  • Fort Rucker's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 17027317[15].
  • Fort Rucker's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[16].
  • +1942-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Rucker[17].
  • Fort Rucker's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2512217[18].
  • Fort Rucker's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.34, 'lon': -85.71}[19].
  • Fort Rucker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0q6m4[20].
  • Fort Rucker's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 01-27640[21].
  • Fort Rucker's official website is recorded as https://home.army.mil/novosel[22].
  • Fort Rucker's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fort Rucker[23].
  • Fort Rucker's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as ea925bfc-df77-45bd-b88c-73ad2ff28d8e[24].
  • Fort Rucker's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4636'}[25].
  • Fort Rucker's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4464'}[26].
  • Fort Rucker's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10046905[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Fort Rucker's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.233028'}[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+106'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4636'}[25] and {'amount': '+4464'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[6], military base[7], and unincorporated community[8].

History and Context

+1942-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Rucker[17]. Michael J. Novosel is named after it[9].

Why It Matters

Fort Rucker ranks in the top 1% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (372 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . data.census.gov. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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