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Welcome to Knowles ...

So far, we found very little information about Knowles. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Knowles to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Knowles, please Contact Us.

Knowles would have been located within present day Lincoln Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Knowles, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Knowles is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Knowles was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Knowles was located: 318 & 457<4>

Communities Also Named Knowles ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Knowles - they are located in California (2), Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Knowles ...

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

  • Ruston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Grambling
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Homer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Homer is located in Claiborne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <5>
  • Arcadia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bernice
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Choudrant
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dubach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibsland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Simsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Vienna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people

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 Knowles. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Knowles.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Knowles. 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 Knowles.

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

Adding Knowles to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Knowles 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 Knowles was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Knowles post office opened in 1884. The Knowles post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Knowles.

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Knowles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Knowles - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Knowles area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Knowles area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/