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Welcome to Knob ...So far, we found very little information about Knob. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Knob to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Knob, please Contact Us. Knob would have been located within present day Henry County<2>. The location of Knob has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Knob, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. While the community is gone, the present day location for Knob is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Knob was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Knob still existed, it would have been in the (770) area code. Websites for Knob ...Chamber of Commerce: www.henrycounty.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Knob, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Knob ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Knob - they are located in Arkansas, California, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Knob. Communities near Knob ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Knob.
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 Knob. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Knob. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Knob. 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 Knob. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Knob. See our Newspapers Page for Knob. Adding Knob to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Knob 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 for Knob was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Knob in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Knob. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Henry County: www.co.henry.ga.us/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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