Fort Knox

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Fort Knox

Total population

8,836

Median home value

$0

48.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$82,663

Fort Knox$83k

National$74k

Elevation225 m

Land area52.82 km²

Coordinates37.89°, -85.97°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mike Doughty

singer-songwriter

Suzan-Lori Parks

American writer

Randolph Bresnik

astronaut, Fighter pilot

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Stewart Glenister

America Samoan Olympic swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 50 meter freestyle

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Michael O'Nan

American mathematician (1943-2017)

Becky Ann Baker

American actress

Mykel Hawke

American actor, director, writer, instructor

Len Barker

American baseball player

Steve Delabar

baseball player

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Derell Washington

American basketball player (born 1971)

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Stanley Burrell

American basketball player (born 1984)

C. J. Mosley

American football defensive lineman

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Cecil Collins

American football player (born 1976)

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Derwin Brown

American sheriff (1954-2000)

Emayatzy Corinealdi

American actress

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John N. Wozniak

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fort Knox

3d Armored Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky

3rd United States. Army. Armored Division · 1951

Chapel bulletin

United States Army Armor Center Fort Knox Kentucky

A History of Fort Knox (Kentucky): Battles - Extinct Communities - Churches - Schools - Nad Historic Vignettes (People, Places and Events)

Gary K. Kempf · 1998

United States Army Training Center, Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky

US Army Armor Center · 1957

Fighting vehicles of the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky

George A Blaker · 1995

United States Army Training Center, Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky (4th Training Brigade, 1963)

US Army Armor Center · 1963

United States Army Training Center Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, Basic Armor Training; B-3-1

1979

Search results from Open Library.