Fort Leavenworth
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Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army."
Grant Hall headquarters of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Fort Leavenworth, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, and U.S. Army Command and General Staff College device.
Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, May 1858. By Samuel C. Mills, photographer with the Simpson Expedition. Library of Congress.
Buffalo Soldier Monument
Leavenworth County, Kansas
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Leavenworth County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881. The county was named after Henry Leavenworth, a general in the Indian Wars who established Fort Leavenworth.
Leavenworth County Courthouse in Leavenworth