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Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.
Leesville is a city in, and the parish seat of, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] The population was 5,649 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Fort Johnson South micropolitan area and is additionally served by the Leesville Airport. The city is home to the Fort Johnson (formerly known as Fort Polk) U.S. Army installation.
Northwestern State University (NSU), is a four-year public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana and is part of the University of Louisiana System. The NSU-Leesville/Fort Johnson Campus is located on Highway 467 near Fort Johnson. It serves the civilian communities of Vernon, Beauregard, and Sabine parishes, as well as the ...
Fort Johnson North is located at (31.103611, -93.168617 [ 2 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21 km 2 ), all land.
The southern terminus of US 71 is located in Louisiana, beginning between Port Barre and Krotz Springs, at an intersection with U.S. 190.The highway follows a northwesterly course through Louisiana, passing through the communities of Alexandria, Montgomery, Coushatta, and Shreveport.
Fort Johnson-Vernon Wildlife Management Area is a 105,545-acre tract (42,713 ha) of protected area in Louisiana within the United States Army military reservation of Fort Johnson. [1] The WMA is located approximately ten miles southeast of Leesville , in Vernon Parish , east of U.S. Highway 171 , one mile south of Louisiana Highway 28 and one ...
A 2009 JRTC/Fort Polk draft listed 25,157 acres of current and potential Red-cockaded woodpecker habitat at Peason Ridge. [9] A "Management intensity and population trends study" from 1998 to 2002 shows the population on Peason Ridge to be "stable" but considering the resources expended this was a cause of concern. [10]
Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles (64 km) up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans , between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War . [ 2 ]