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{{Infobox military installation
| name = Fort Knox
| location = [[Kentucky]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37.92|-85.96|type:landmark_region:US-KY|display=inline,title}}
| image2 = KYMap-doton-FortKnox.PNG
| image2_size = 300px
| caption2 = Location of Fort Knox in Kentucky
| image = Fort Knox tank.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| type = Military base
| built = 1918
| materials =
| used = {{plainlist|
*1861–1865: [[American Civil War|Civil War]]
*1865–1903: Settlement
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*1932–present: Fort Knox
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| controlledby = {{plainlist|
*1861–1865: Contested
*1865–present: United States
}}
| current_commander =
| occupants = [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lt. Gen.]] Johnny K. Davis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lieutenant General Johnny K. Davis - General Officer Management Office |url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-10379/johnnyk-davis |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=www.gomo.army.mil}}</ref><br/>Commanding General, Fort Knox
▲| current_commander= COL Lance O'Bryan<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dehaan |first=Jenn |url=https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/local/col-o-bryan-takes-over-at-garrison/article_590c7c66-7b37-59e0-9fa7-65bd8da18017.html |title=Col. O'Bryan takes over at garrison |date=1 July 2021 |work=The News-Enterprise |access-date=11 January 2024 |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003114414/https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/local/col-o-bryan-takes-over-at-garrison/article_590c7c66-7b37-59e0-9fa7-65bd8da18017.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://home.army.mil/knox/}}
}}
'''Fort Knox''' is a [[United States Army]] installation in [[Kentucky]], south of [[Louisville]] and north of [[Elizabethtown, Kentucky|Elizabethtown]]. It is adjacent to the [[United States Bullion Depository]] (also known as Fort Knox), which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official [[gold reserve]]s, and with which it is often conflated.
The {{convert|109000|acre|sqmi km2|adj=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Fort Knox {{!}} Base Overview & Info |url=https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/in-depth-overview/fort-knox |access-date=15 October 2021 |website=installations.militaryonesource.mil |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922212011/https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/in-depth-overview/fort-knox |url-status=live }}</ref> base covers parts of [[Bullitt County, Kentucky|Bullitt]], [[Hardin County, Kentucky|Hardin]] and [[Meade County, Kentucky|Meade]] counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence, including the Army Human Resources Command. It is named in honor of [[Henry Knox]], Chief of Artillery in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the first [[United States Secretary of War]]. For 60 years, Fort Knox was the home of the [[U.S. Army Armor Center and School]], and was used by both the Army and the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] to train crews on the American tanks of the day; the last was the [[M1 Abrams]] [[main battle tank]]. The history of the [[Cavalry (United States)|U.S. Army's Cavalry and Armored forces]], and of General [[George S. Patton]]'s career, is shown at the [[General George Patton Museum of Leadership|General George Patton Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knox.army.mil/PattonMuseum/index.htm |title=General George Patton Museum of Leadership – Home |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218054625/http://www.knox.army.mil/PattonMuseum/index.htm |archive-date=18 February 2013 }}</ref> on the grounds of Fort Knox.
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In 1931 a small force of the [[Armoured warfare|mechanized]] cavalry was assigned to Camp Knox to use it as a training site. The camp was turned into a permanent [[garrison]] in January 1932 and renamed Fort Knox. The [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)|1st Cavalry Regiment]] arrived later in the month to become the 1st Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized).
In 1936 the 1st was joined by the 13th to become the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized). The site quickly became the center for mechanization tactics and doctrine. The success of the German mechanized units at the start of [[World War II]] was a major impetus to operations at the fort. A new Armored Force was established in July 1940 with its headquarters at Fort Knox with the 7th Cavalry Brigade becoming the [[1st Armored Division (United States)|1st Armored Division]].
The Armored Force School and the Armored Force Replacement Center were also sited at Fort Knox in October 1940, and their successors remained there until 2011, when the Armor School moved to Fort Moore, Georgia (Fort Benning at the time). The site was expanded to cope with its new role. By 1943, there were 3,820 buildings on {{convert|106861|acre}}. A third of the post has been torn down within the last ten years,{{When|date=June 2009}} with another third slated by 2010. === 1947 Universal Military Training Experimental Unit ===
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== Education ==
[[File:Fort-knox-mhs-facade.webp|thumb|[[Fort Knox Middle High School]]]]
The [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA) operates on-post public schools for all sections of the property.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21029_bullitt/DC20SD_C21029.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bullitt County, KY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=4 July 2022|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190659/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21029_bullitt/DC20SD_C21029.pdf|url-status=live}} – [https://archive.today/20220705003447/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21029_bullitt/DC20SD_C21029_SD2MS.txt#selection-9.148-9.178 Text list] – "Fort Knox Dependant Schools" refers to DoDEA schools.</ref><ref name=Censusmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21093_hardin/DC20SD_C21093.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hardin County, KY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=4 July 2022|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190753/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21093_hardin/DC20SD_C21093.pdf|url-status=live}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21093_hardin/DC20SD_C21093_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191407/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21093_hardin/DC20SD_C21093_SD2MS.txt |date=5 July 2022 }} – "Fort Knox Dependent Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21163_meade/DC20SD_C21163.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Meade County, KY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=5 July 2022|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191249/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21163_meade/DC20SD_C21163.pdf|url-status=live}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21163_meade/DC20SD_C21163_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191802/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21163_meade/DC20SD_C21163_SD2MS.txt |date=5 July 2022 }} – "Fort Knox Dependent Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools.</ref> They are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dodea.edu/Americas/southeast/fortKnox/index.cfm|title=Fort Knox Schools|publisher=The [[Department of Defense Education Activity]]|accessdate=5 July 2022|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705203706/https://www.dodea.edu/Americas/southeast/fortKnox/index.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Kingsolver Elementary School (Pre-Kindergarten-Grade 1)
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* [[Louisville metropolitan area]]
* [[Goldfinger (film)|''Goldfinger'' (film)]]
* [[Stripes (film)|''Stripes'' (film)]]
* [[Ireland Army Community Hospital]]
* [[List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area]]
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