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Welcome to Knoxwood ...

Knoxwood is located in Marengo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Knoxwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Knoxwood is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Knoxwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Knoxwood: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Knoxwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Knoxwood - it's located in South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Knoxwood.

Communities near Knoxwood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Knoxwood.

  • Greensboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Uniontown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Linden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Forkland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Forkland is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
  • Thomaston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Thomaston is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
  • Providence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Providence is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
  • Newbern
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Newbern is located in Hale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
  • Faunsdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Dayton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dayton is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Gallion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gallion is located in Hale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallion

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Knoxwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Knoxwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Knoxwood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knoxwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Knoxwood. See our Newspapers Page for Knoxwood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Knoxwood ...

Looking for more information about Knoxwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Knoxwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Knoxwood.

Adding Knoxwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Knoxwood in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Knoxwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Knoxwood post office opened in 1900. The Knoxwood post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Knoxwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marengo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Knoxwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Knoxwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Knoxwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/