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This article is about the United States Army post. For other uses, see Fort Knox (disambiguation) . Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The 109,000 acre (170 sq mi, 441 kmÂ²) base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties.
Knox County is located in East Tennessee, one of the state's three Grand Divisions.. It was created in 1792 from Greene and Hawkins counties. Knox County was named in honor of Henry Knox (1750-1806), American Revolutionary War artillery commander, one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati and first U.S. secretary of war. Knoxville, founded in 1791, is the county seat of Knox County.