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Fort Lyon

historical fort in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
AdministrativeArea fort Q5471558
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Fort Lyon

Summary

Fort Lyon is a fort[1].

Key Facts

  • Fort Lyon is located in Fairfax County[2].
  • Fort Lyon is in the country of United States[3].
  • Fort Lyon's instance of is recorded as fort[4].
  • Fort Lyon's commissioned by is recorded as United States Army Corps of Engineers[5].
  • Fort Lyon is operated by Union Army[6].
  • Fort Lyon is part of Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.[7].
  • Fort Lyon's Commons category is recorded as Fort Lyon (Virginia)[8].
  • 1861 marks the founding of Fort Lyon[9].
  • Fort Lyon was part of the conflict American Civil War[10].
  • Fort Lyon's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 38.7939, 'longitude': -77.0778, 'precision': 0.0001}[11].
  • Fort Lyon's described by source is recorded as FortWiki[12].
  • Fort Lyon's different from is recorded as Fort Lyon[13].

Body

Geography

Fort Lyon is in the country of United States[3]. It is located in Fairfax County[2]. It is part of Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.[7].

Designation and Status

Fort Lyon's instance of is recorded as fort[4].

History and Context

1861 marks the founding of Fort Lyon[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1861-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Freebase id → /m/03c8y53
    Operator → Union Army
    Commons category → Fort Lyon (Virginia)
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39448|batch #39448]]"
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