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Fort Oglethorpe is a city lying predominantly in Catoosa County, Georgia, with portions extending into Walker County.

Fort Oglethorpe's population was 10,423 at the 2020 census, and the city is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area.

The city grew out of the United States Army's Chickamauga Post, established in 1902 next to the Chickamauga National Battlefield on the site of the earlier community of Hargrave, Georgia.

The post was dedicated on December 27, 1904, and named Fort Oglethorpe in honor of James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Colony of Georgia.

During and after World War I, from 1917 to 1920, Fort Oglethorpe served as a detention camp for civilian internees and prisoners of war.

The Army declared the fort surplus in 1946, clearing the way for a civilian city to form on the site.

Fort Oglethorpe was incorporated as a city in 1949, the first new city formed in Georgia in 25 years.

The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park occupies the southern two-thirds of the city's roughly 13.9 square miles.

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 19-20, 1863, on the battlefield beside the city, was the bloodiest two-day battle of the Civil War.

The city's public high school is Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School.