Knox County

There are nine counties named Knox County in the United States,
All named for Brig. General Henry Knox who would later serve as the first Secretary of War:

  • Knox County, Illinois
  • Knox County, Indiana (including Vincennes, one of the oldest cities west of the Appalacian Mountains)
  • Knox County, Kentucky
  • Knox County, Maine
  • Knox County, Missouri
  • Knox County, Nebraska
  • Knox County, Ohio
  • Knox County, Tennessee (including Knoxville)
  • Knox County, Texas


Famous quotes containing the words knox and/or county:

    “Death is an incident producing clay. Use it, mold it, learn from it.”
    —John Gilling, British screenwriter. Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing)

    “Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
    Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
    Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)