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Published: October 15th 2002
Fort Stewart
Fort Stewart, Georgia - United States of AmericaOct 15, 2002
City official name :Fort Stewart
Founded date : Location :Georgia State
Elavation :? ft (? m)
Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²).
Facts :Fort Stewart is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post primarily in Liberty County, Georgia, but also occupying significant portions of Bryan County, Georgia. The population was 11,205 at the 2000 census. The nearby principal city of Hinesville and Fort Stewart together comprise the Hinesville-Fort Stewart metropolitan statistical area which comprises all of Liberty County. Fort Stewart's main residents are members of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division.
The Fort Stewart Military Reservation includes 280,000 acres, making it the largest military installation in the Eastern United States.
This includes land that was formerly the town of Clyde, Georgia.
Fort Stewart is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River. It covers 280,000 acres, which include parts of Liberty, Long, Bryan, Evans and Tattnall Counties. The reservation is about 39 miles across from east to west, and 19 miles from north to south. During World War II, the camp had billeting space for 2,705 officers, and 37,267 enlisted men. It is close to the
Fort Stewart
Fort Stewart, Georgia - United States of America East Coast, and two deep water ports: Savannah, Georgia (42 mi), and Charleston, South Carolina(142 mi). Tank, field artillery, helicopter gunnery, and small arms ranges operate simultaneously throughout the year with little time lost to bad weather.
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