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Place Name
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Fort Leonard Wood
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Place Status (Type)
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fort
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Location
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Pulaski County, Missouri (MO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°42'N
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Longitude
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92°09'W
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Fort Leonard Wood
, U.S. Army post (
111 sq mi/287 sq km), Pulaski
co., S central Mo., main entrance 20 mi/32 km
SW of Rolla; 37°42'N 92°09'W. Est. 1940, it is one of the largest
basic-training centers in the U.S. and also provides training for army
engineers. Surrounded, except on N, by Mark Twain Natl. Forest; service
center at Waynesville and St. Robert to N. Airport.
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