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Communities Also Named Knox ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Knox.

Within Manitoba, the name Knox is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Knox [Bibb County].
    • Illinois
      • Knox County
      • This Knox is located in Knox County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Knox.
    • Indiana
      • Henry County
      • This Knox is located in Henry County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Knox.
      • Starke County
      • This Knox is located in Starke County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starke County community of Knox.
    • Iowa
      • Fremont County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Knox [Fremont County].
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Knox [Sumner County].
    • Maine
      • Waldo County
      • This Knox is located in Waldo County and lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Knox.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This Knox is located in Attala County and lies 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Attala County community of Knox.
    • Missouri
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Knox [Knox County].
      • Polk County
      • This Knox is located in Polk County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Knox.
    • Montana
      • Yellowstone County
      • This Knox is located in Yellowstone County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Knox.
    • Nebraska
      • York County
      • This Knox is located in York County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Knox.
    • New York
      • Albany County
      • This Knox is located in Albany County and lies 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Knox.
    • North Dakota
      • Benson County
      • This Knox is located in Benson County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of Knox.
    • Ohio
      • Knox County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Knox [Knox County].
      • Paulding County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Knox [Paulding County].
      • Vinton County
      • This Knox is located in Vinton County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Knox.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Knox [Beaver County].
      • Clarion County
      • This Knox is located in Clarion County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Knox.
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • This Knox is located in Chester County and lies 1,420 miles [2,285.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Knox.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Knox ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Cottonwoods
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwoods came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwoods
  • Grand Valley ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
  • Justice
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Justice came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
  • Rapid City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rapid City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid City
  • Rivers
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers
  • Roseland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Smart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smart came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smart
  • Trinity Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Wheatland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland

How Far From Knox to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Knox to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Knox and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Knox to Winnipeg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,152 miles [9,900.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Knox. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Knox could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Knox) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.9989, Longitude: -99.9719    
<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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Knox to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.202 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.37 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.232 degrees.




 

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