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Fort Johnson. Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish . Named after New York soldier William Henry Johnson, the post encompasses about 198,000 acres (309 sq mi).
Bartow, Florida. Location of Bartow in Polk County, Florida. / 27.88694°N 81.82139°W / 27.88694; -81.82139. Bartow ( / ˈbɑːrtoʊ / BAR-toh) is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the ...
37362. Area code. 423. GNIS feature ID. 1296400 [1] Old Fort is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Old Fort is located along U.S. Route 411, Tennessee State Route 33 and a CSX Transportation line 8.75 miles (14.08 km) south-southwest of Benton. [2] Oldfort has a post office with ZIP code 37362.
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Another attraction at the park is the "Lady Polk", the remains of a giant experimental cannon named for Polk's wife. At 10 feet (3.0 m) long and 15,000 pounds, the imposing gun bombarded Ulysses S. Grant's troops at the Battle of Belmont with 128-pound conical projectiles that it could fire up to three miles (5 km). However, repeated shots from ...
Vernon Parish (French: Paroisse de Vernon) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,750. [ 1] The parish seat is Leesville. [ 2] Bordered on the west by the Sabine River, the parish was founded in 1871 during the Reconstruction era.
A 2009 JRTC/Fort Polk draft listed 25,157 acres of current and potential Red-cockaded woodpecker habitat at Peason Ridge. [9] A "Management intensity and population trends study" from 1998 to 2002 shows the population on Peason Ridge to be "stable" but considering the resources expended this was a cause of concern. [10]
Brewster is a ghost town in southwest Polk County, Florida, United States, ten miles south of Mulberry. It is at an elevation of 143 feet above sea level and has been uninhabited since the early 1960s. The population is 3, according to the 2010 Census . The village of Brewster was founded in 1910 and for decades flourished from phosphate mining ...