Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown.

[6] On 16 October 2020, V Corps was reactivated at Fort Knox, just over seven years after the colors were last cased in Wiesbaden, Germany, in July 2013.

[8] Early shipments of gold totaling almost 13,000 metric tons[9] were escorted by combat cars of the 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment to the depository.

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 11 September 2001.

Fort Duffield was located on what was known as Muldraugh Hill on a strategic point overlooking the confluence of the Salt and Ohio Rivers and the Louisville and Nashville Turnpike.

In October 1903, military maneuvers for the Regular Army and the National Guards of several states were held at West Point, Kentucky, and the surrounding area.

[16] In April 1918, field artillery units from Camp Zachary Taylor arrived at West Point for training.

20,000 acres (8,100 ha) near the village of Stithton were leased to the government and construction for a permanent training center was started in July 1918.

It was used by the Kentucky Air National Guard for several years after the war until they relocated to Standiford Field in Louisville.

For protection after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the Gettysburg Address were moved for safekeeping to the United States Bullion Depository until Major W. C. Hatfield ordered their release after the D-Day Landings on 19 September 1944.

The success of the German mechanized units at the start of World War II was a major impetus to operations at the fort.

In 1947, Fort Knox hosted the Universal Military Training Experimental Unit, a six-month project that aimed to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of providing new 18–20 year-old Army recruits with basic military training that emphasized physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

This project was undertaken with the aim of persuading the public to support President Harry S. Truman's proposal to require all eligible American men to undergo universal military training.

[28] Jacobs pleaded guilty to charges of premeditated murder and aggravated assault, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on 10 January 2014.

The Army Human Resources Command Center relocated to Fort Knox from the Washington D.C./Virginia area beginning in 2009.

In May 2010, The Human Resource Center of Excellence, the largest office building in the state, opened at Fort Knox.

[29] The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates on-post public schools for all sections of the property.

[56] Communities near Fort Knox include Brandenburg, Elizabethtown, Hodgenville, Louisville, Radcliff, Shepherdsville, and Vine Grove, Kentucky.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.