Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Fort Campbell is a large post of the United States Army located approximately ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee and ten miles south of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The site was selected on July 16, 1941, and is named in honor of Brigadier General William Bowen Campbell. The site was named Camp Campbell until April of 1950, when it became a permanent installation and was redesignated Fort Campbell. It is the home of several units of the United States Army, most notably the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). It is officially styled as "Fort Campbell, Kentucky", because the post headquarters, the vast majority of the base housing, and its main post office are in Kentucky; however, the majority of the reservation is actually in Tennessee. Fort Campbell is the single largest factor in the Clarksville area's economy.

See also

• Fort Campbell Home Page - official site
• Fort Campbell North, Kentucky (for information on the census-designated place)
• Sergeant Hasan Akbar