What is Fort Knox?
[[File:Chaffee Gate-001b.JPG|thumb|left|200px|'''''Fort Knox''''']] '''Fort Knox''' is an [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] post in [[Kentucky]]. Named after [[Henry Knox]], the fort is now the site of the U.S. [[Bullion]] Reservatory (where the United States keeps its gold). The fort's fortifications were built in [[1862]] during the [[American Civil War]]; however, after the war the camp became abandoned until [[1917]]. It is named for [[Henry Knox]], a general in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. {{commonscat|Fort Knox}} {{Bullitt County, Kentucky}} {{Hardin County, Kentucky}} {{Meade County, Kentucky}} {{US-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:American Civil War]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Kentucky]] [[Category:Forts in the United States|Knox]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Kentucky]] [[Category:Hardin County, Kentucky]] [[Category:Bullitt County, Kentucky]] [[Category:Meade County, Kentucky]] [[Category:1862 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1860s establishments in Kentucky]]