Fort Slocum

historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States
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Fort Slocum

Summary

Fort Slocum is a fort[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (fort category, ranking #152 of 879).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Slocum is located in Washington, D.C.[3].
  • Fort Slocum is located in Washington County[4].
  • Fort Slocum is in the country of United States[5].
  • Fort Slocum's image is recorded as Washington, District of Columbia. Gen. Martin D. Hardin and staff at Fort Slocum.jpg[6].
  • Fort Slocum's instance of is recorded as fort[7].
  • Fort Slocum's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[8].
  • Fort Slocum's commissioned by is recorded as 2nd Rhode Island Infantry[9].
  • Fort Slocum's operator is recorded as Union Army[10].
  • Fort Slocum's operator is recorded as Rock Creek Park (U.S. agency)[11].
  • Fort Slocum's main building contractor is recorded as 2nd Rhode Island Infantry[12].
  • Fort Slocum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315146270[13].
  • Fort Slocum's locator map image is recorded as District of Columbia LOC 87693313-4.jpg[14].
  • Fort Slocum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88003067[15].
  • Fort Slocum's location is recorded as Fort Slocum Park[16].
  • Fort Slocum's part of is recorded as Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.[17].
  • Fort Slocum's Commons category is recorded as Fort Slocum (Washington, D.C.)[18].
  • Fort Slocum's occupant is recorded as 11th Vermont Infantry[19].
  • +1861-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Slocum[20].
  • Fort Slocum's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 531572[21].
  • Fort Slocum's participated in conflict is recorded as American Civil War[22].
  • Fort Slocum's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 38.9597222, 'longitude': -77.0144444, 'precision': 0.000277778}[23].
  • Fort Slocum's significant event is recorded as Battle of Fort Stevens[24].
  • Fort Slocum's significant event is recorded as abandonment[25].
  • Fort Slocum's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000789071[26].
  • Fort Slocum's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_Slocum_(1)[27].

Body

Geography

Fort Slocum is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Washington, D.C.[3], a city in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1790[30] and Washington County[4], a county of the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1801[33]. Its part of is recorded as Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include fort[7] and archaeological site[8]. Fort Slocum's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places contributing property[34].

History and Context

+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Slocum[20].

Why It Matters

Fort Slocum draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (fort category, ranking #152 of 879).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . hmdb.org. Retrieved . hmdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . hmdb.org. Retrieved . hmdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . fortwiki.com. Retrieved . fortwiki.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . NRHP nomination: Civil War Fort Sites. 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.

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  1. 6w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Participated in conflict American Civil War
    National library of israel j9u id 987007541511705171
    Gnis feature id 531572
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P793]] to [[Property:P607]]"
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