Welcome to Knight ...
So far, we found very little information about Knight. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Knight to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Knight - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Knight, please Contact Us.
Knight was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
While we don't have the exact location of Knight , we believe that it would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Knight, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
Time Zone: The area where Knight was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Knight once stood is in the (936) area code.
Communities Also Named Knight ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Knight: This one is located in Polk County and the other is located in Dallas County.
Beyond Texas, there are 12 communities that are also named Knight - they are located in Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon (2), Utah (2) and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Knight.
Adding Knight to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Knight 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 Knight was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
We also found Knight in the book titled .<3> From that list, the Knight post office opened in 1889.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Knight.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 Knight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |