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Geography

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Leavenworth, Indiana Leavenworth is a town in Jennings Township, Crawford County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. The 2010 US Census recorded a population of 238 persons. History Foundation and early settlement Leavenworth was laid out in 1818 in a horseshoe s ...
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Leavenworth, Minnesota Leavenworth is an unincorporated community located in Leavenworth Township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The elevation is 1,004 feet. It was situated on two locations in Brown County, one before the Dakota War of 1862 (section 14 ...
* Leavenworth, a neighborhood of
Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United S ...
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Leavenworth, Washington Leavenworth is a city in Chelan County, Washington, Chelan County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. It is part of the Wenatchee, Washington, Wenatchee−East Wenatchee, Washington, East Wenatchee Wenatchee-East Wenatchee metropolit ...
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Leavenworth County, Kansas Leavenworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881. The county ...
, a county in northeast Kansas **
Leavenworth, Kansas Leavenworth () is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. Part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, Leavenworth is located on the west bank of the Missouri River, on the site o ...
, a city in the county which includes the fort and federal prisons within its city limits **
Roman Catholic Diocese of Leavenworth The Diocese of Leavenworth () was a Latin Church former diocese and present titular see originally in and around Kansas, in the midwestern United States. History * The future diocese was created on 19 July 1850 as Apostolic Vicariate of Indian T ...


Institutions and structures

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Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth () is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., an ...
, a U.S. Army base in Leavenworth, Kansas **
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army installation north of Leavenworth, Kansas. It was officially established in 1862, but was used as a burial ground as early ...
, a cemetery on the base **
Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility The Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility (JRCF) is a military prison at 831 Sabalu Road, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas which opened in 2010. The prison on has a design specification of 512 beds with 43 in special housing and the rest in gen ...
, often referred to as Leavenworth, a military prison built on the grounds of Fort Leavenworth **
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth The Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth is a medium-security federal prison for male inmates in northeast Kansas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also includes ...
, often referred to as Leavenworth, a civilian medium security prison built in the town of Leavenworth, Kansas **
United States Disciplinary Barracks The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. It is one of two major prisons built on Fort Leavenwort ...
, often referred to as Leavenworth, a military maximum security prison built on the grounds of Fort Leavenworth


People

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Henry Leavenworth Henry Leavenworth (December 10, 1783 – July 21, 1834) was an American soldier active in the War of 1812 and early military expeditions against the Plains Indians. He established Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. The city of Leavenworth, Kansas; Lea ...
, U.S. soldier who established Fort Leavenworth *
Jesse Henry Leavenworth Jesse Henry Leavenworth (March 29, 1807–March 12, 1885) was a military officer and engineer. Biography Early life Leavenworth was the son of Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth and his wife Elizabeth Eunice Morrison. He was born March 29, 1 ...
, U.S. soldier, son of Henry Leavenworth {{disambiguation, geo, surname