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Introduction ...

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

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

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 Knoxville (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 Knoxville. 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.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Knoxville is historic, it would have been located within present day Curry County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Curry County: Del Norte (CA), Coos, Douglas & Josephine.

Below are the counties that are near Knoxville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knoxville:

  • Curry County     (The home county of Knoxville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.
    • Gold Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Wedderburn
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Nesika Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesika Beach
      • Nesika Beach is located in Curry County
    • Ophir
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pistol River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Agness
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Orford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Sixes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Brookings
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Harbor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
      • Harbor is located in Curry County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harbor <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knoxville, see our County-by-County Page for Knoxville.

Newspapers Published in Knoxville ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knoxville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knoxville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knoxville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Knoxville:

Cemeteries Near Knoxville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knoxville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knoxville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.

  • Gold Beach Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Rogue River Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39435 <5>
  • Geisel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Geisel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Geisel Cemetery
  • Geisel Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Rumley Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rumley Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rumley Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39366 <5>
  • Merriam Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merriam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merriam Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39130 <5>
  • Pistol River Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fox Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38799 <5>
  • Oak Flats Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Flats Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Flats Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39220 <5>
  • Tichenor Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tichenor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tichenor Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39490 <5>
  • Port Orford Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Buffington Memorial Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffington Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffington Memorial Park
    • Foster Creek Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Foster Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Illahe Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Creek Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38958 <5>
    • Huckleberry Knoll Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huckleberry Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huckleberry Knoll Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38925 <5>

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.

While we didn't find Knoxville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knoxville.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Knoxville, with the one closest to Knoxville listed first.

  • Gold Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Ophir
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Port Orford
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knoxville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knoxville.

The official website for Curry County: www.co.curry.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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 Knoxville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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- Knoxville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knoxville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4318, Longitude: -124.4290       In this case, the coordinates for Knoxville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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