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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.
Fort Carson is bounded on the east by Interstate 25 and on the west by Colorado Highway 115. The installation extends from the main post, which is just south of Academy Boulevard, to its southern perimeter, which lies just north of the communities of Pueblo West and Penrose.