Fort Sam Houston

military base in San Antonio, Texas
AdministrativeArea military_base Q1438706
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Fort Sam Houston

Summary

Fort Sam Houston is a military base[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of military_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Sam Houston is located in San Antonio[3].
  • Fort Sam Houston is located in Texas[4].
  • Fort Sam Houston is in the country of United States[5].
  • Fort Sam Houston's image is recorded as Quad01a.jpg[6].
  • Fort Sam Houston's continent is recorded as North America[7].
  • Fort Sam Houston's instance of is recorded as military base[8].
  • Fort Sam Houston's instance of is recorded as historic district[9].
  • Fort Sam Houston's operator is recorded as United States Army[10].
  • Fort Sam Houston's operator is recorded as United States Air Force[11].
  • Fort Sam Houston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136999015[12].
  • Fort Sam Houston's GND ID is recorded as 10062113-2[13].
  • Fort Sam Houston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50080895[14].
  • Fort Sam Houston's postal code is recorded as 78234[15].
  • Fort Sam Houston's part of is recorded as Joint Base San Antonio[16].
  • Fort Sam Houston's Commons category is recorded as Fort Sam Houston[17].
  • Fort Sam Houston's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[18].
  • Fort Sam Houston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.4575, 'lon': -98.44}[19].
  • Fort Sam Houston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gd54[20].
  • Fort Sam Houston's NRHP reference number is recorded as 75001950[21].
  • Fort Sam Houston's official website is recorded as https://www.samhouston.army.mil[22].
  • Fort Sam Houston's described by source is recorded as FortWiki[23].
  • Fort Sam Houston's described by source is recorded as Reservation Map of Fort Sam Houston, Texas (NAID 137930297)[24].
  • Fort Sam Houston's described by source is recorded as Post of Fort Sam Houston, Texas (NAID 137930230)[25].
  • Fort Sam Houston's described by source is recorded as Reservation Map of Fort Sam Houston, Texas (NAID 137930299)[26].
  • Fort Sam Houston's described by source is recorded as Texas, Fort Sam Houston and Vicinity (NAID 137930256)[27].

Body

Geography

Fort Sam Houston is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include San Antonio[3], a city in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1718[30] and Texas[4], an U.S. state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1845[33], headquartered in Austin[34]. Its continent is recorded as North America[7]. Its part of is recorded as Joint Base San Antonio[16].

Physical Characteristics

Fort Sam Houston's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+219'}[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include military base[8] and historic district[9]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark[36] and National Register of Historic Places listed place[37].

Why It Matters

Fort Sam Houston ranks in the top 5% of military_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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] . Texas Historic Sites Atlas. atlas.thc.state.tx.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . National Register of Historic Places. atlas.thc.state.tx.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Texas Historic Sites Atlas. atlas.thc.state.tx.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Texas Historic Sites Atlas. atlas.thc.state.tx.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . 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
  7. [34] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Fort Sam Houston. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fort-sam-houston
MLA “Fort Sam Houston.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fort-sam-houston.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fort-sam-houston_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fort Sam Houston}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fort-sam-houston}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Fort Sam Houston — https://4ort.xyz/entity/fort-sam-houston (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/fort-sam-houston · Last refreshed: