where is fort knox located
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 Knox is also the location of the United States Army's Human Resources Command 's Timothy Maude Center of Excellence, which was named in honor of Lieutenant General Timothy Maude, the highest-ranking member of the U.S. military to die in the attacks of September 11, 2001.