Fort Leonard WoodMissouri
Fort Leonard Wood is a U.S. Army training installation located in the Missouri Ozarks.
Intro: Wikipedia
About Fort Leonard Wood
Set in the southern part of Missouri, Fort Leonard Wood is a small unincorporated community.
Fort Leonard Wood holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 23.03 square miles.
📰 Fort Leonard Wood News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Fort Leonard Wood Unique
- The only place in America named Fort Leonard Wood — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- U.S. Army Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fort Leonard Wood
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Fort Leonard Wood
- PARTRIDGE ELEM.
- THAYER ELEM.
- WILLIAMS EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR
- WOOD ELEM.
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- General Leonard Wood Ach (Ft Leonard Wood) · 24/7 ER
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.