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| Part of United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) | |
| Located near: Tomah, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates | 44°00′35″N 90°41′00″W / 44.00972°N 90.68333°W |
| Site information | |
| Owner | United States Army |
| Condition | Active |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1909 |
| Built by | Major General Robert Bruce McCoy |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | United States Army, 86th Training Division, 88th Regional Support Command, 181st Infantry Brigade, 426th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) & Wisconsin Military Academy, Wisconsin State Patrol, Fort McCoy Police Department, Equipment Concentration Site 67, Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site, NCO Academy |
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| Coordinates: 44°00′13″N 90°24′36″W / 44.0035°N 90.41°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Monroe County |
| Area | |
• Total | 90 sq mi (240 km2) |
| Elevation | 873 ft (266 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,215 |
| • Density | 24/sq mi (9.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (Central (CDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 54656 |
| Area code | 608 |
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Fort McCoy is a United States Army Reserve installation on 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) between Sparta and Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County. In 1909, there were two separate camps named Camp Emory Upton and Camp Robinson; in 1926, these camps were joined together to form Camp McCoy.[1] Since its creation in 1909, the post has been used primarily as a military training center. A part of Fort McCoy is also used by the Wisconsin State Patrol as a training facility.[2]
- ^ Scott, Brandon (May 2010). The Untold Story of Camp McCoy: Japanese Prisoners of War in the Heart of Wisconsin during the Second World War (PDF) (Dissertation).
- ^ Wisconsin State Patrol Facilities Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine