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Fort Macomb

United States · 19th century

Founded
1822
Heritage status
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Location
Orleans Parish
Coordinates
30.06417°, -89.80417°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Fort Macomb in the United States
Photo: Infrogmation · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Fort Macomb is a 19th-century United States brick fort in Louisiana, on the western shore of Chef Menteur Pass. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally within the city limits of New Orleans, Louisiana. This community was some miles distant from the city when first built and is still distant from the main developed portion of the city.

Text adapted from “Fort Macomb” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fort Macomb ranks #4,718 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #90 of the 120 mapped in United States. Founded 1822, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,702 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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