Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Knox (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Knox. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Knox ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Knox was referred to as Knox Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Knox. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Knox.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Knox is located in Starke County and is the County Seat.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Starke County: Fulton, Jasper, LaPorte, Marshall, Porter, Pulaski & Saint Joseph.
Below are the counties that are near Knox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knox:
- Starke County (The home county of Knox)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Toto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Ober
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Bass Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Hamlet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aldine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Grovertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Ora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- North Judson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Koontz Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- San Pierre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cass County
- Royal Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Delong
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Lake Bruce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Kewanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Grass Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Tefft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Wheatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stoutsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Gifford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- DeMotte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Kosciusko County
- Etna Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Hanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsford Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- La Crosse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kankakee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Kingsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Union Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wanatah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Haskell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Door Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Alida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- La Porte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Burr Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Donaldson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Culver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Tyner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Plymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harris
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Argos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- La Paz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Linkville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Bourbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Old Tip Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Bremen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Kouts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Valparaiso
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aylesworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Suman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Suman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suman
- Boone Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Tratebas Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tratebas Mill is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tratebas Mill
- Porter Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Beardstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Winamac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medaryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Star City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thornhope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Francesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Walkerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crumstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Nutwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Wyatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Carlisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Zeigler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Gulivoire Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Headlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knox, see our County-by-County Page for Knox.
Cemeteries Near Knox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knox.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Knox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Oak Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Swartzell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hepner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ora Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Knox had a population of 790 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Knox had a population of 3,552 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
- Toto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Winona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winona is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Ober
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Hamlet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Grovertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- North Judson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Burr Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Donaldson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- English Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- English Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Lake
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thomaston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thomaston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Hibbard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hibbard is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knox. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knox.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Knox ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knox.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Knox. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Knox and those printed in the larger area surrounding Knox.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> of Knox.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Knox:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Starke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Jasper County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Knox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Knox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |