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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 Pickens 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 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Knob is 950 feet [290 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

Knob would have been located in the (864) area code.

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, Georgia, Pennsylvania 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.

  • Greenville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Easley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Travelers Rest
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Brevard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevard
    • Brevard is located in Transylvania County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brevard <5>
  • Pickens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Liberty
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Norris
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Six Mile
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosman
    • Rosman is located in Transylvania County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosman <5>
  • Salem
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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>

From that list, the Knob post office opened in 1880.

We also found Knob in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Knob.

The official website for Pickens County: www.co.pickens.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.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 Knob, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Pickens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Knob - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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