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Knox, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46534. The Survey maps it on the Knox West quadrangle. 3,662 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.

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Knox within Starke County

On record in Knox

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Knox fell from 3,704 to 3,662 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,704
20203,662-42 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Knox: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Starke Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
Bradley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Starke County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Starke County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knox in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 22 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019LightningKnox$75,000Lightning struck a home in the city of Knox during a thunderstorm Tuesday evening. Local media did not provide an exact time, but appeared to be early evening so the time has been estimated. The home was a total loss. No one was injured in the fire. Damage is estimated at $75,000.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindKnox$20,000Trees were uprooted or damaged around Knox.
June 2023HailKnox$5,000Multiple pictures on Facebook show 2 and 3 inch hailstones that fell in Knox.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindKnox$5,000The roof was torn off a building.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindKnox$1,000Trees were blown down across Route 8 northwest of Knox. Winds were estimated to 90 mph in Knox. Two inches of rain fell in about 15 minutes.
June 2023HailKnox$1,000no account filed
June 2023HailKnox$1,000no account filed
June 2023HailKnox$1,000no account filed
June 2023HailKnox$1,000no account filed
June 2023HailKnox$1,000no account filed
June 2023HailKnox$1,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindKnox-Numerous trees and power lines down across county.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKnox-Reports of several trees and powerlines down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindKnox-Multiple trees and powerlines down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindKnox-Law enforcement officials reported trees and utility lines down across the entire county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKnox-Local law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines were blown down in the Knox area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKnox-Local media reported estimated winds to 70 mph in the town of Knox. Trees were reported uprooted with some falling onto cars near the county court house.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindKnox-A trained spotter recorded a 60 mph wind gust in Knox.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKnox-Law enforcement officials reported several trees and tree limbs down across the county.
March 2006HailKnox-Penny size hail was reported 8 miles south of Knox, with 1 inch diameter hail being reported in Knox as the storm progressed across the county.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKnox-Few trees blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindKnox-Law enforcement reported trees down in Knox.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindKnox-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Knox.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindKnox-Law enforcement reported trees down near Bass Lake.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKnox-1 tree blown down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindKnox-Tree down across road.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindKnox-Trees down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindKnox-Tree blown down.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindKnox-SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindKnox-Strong winds downed trees north of Knox.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindKnox-Trees were blown down across Route 8 northwest of Knox. Winds were estimated to 90 mph in Knox. Two inches of rain fell in about 15 minutes.
May 2018HailKnox-no account filed
May 2011HailKnox-no account filed
May 2011HailKnox-no account filed
October 2007HailKnox-no account filed
August 2006HailKnox-no account filed
October 2006HailKnox-no account filed
April 2004HailKnox-no account filed
April 2003HailKnox-no account filed
July 2001HailKnox-no account filed
July 2001HailKnox-no account filed
May 2000HailKnox-no account filed
June 1998HailKnox-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Starke County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Indian Hill3.7 miles11
Toto4.6 miles11
Brems4.9 miles11
Winona5.1 miles10
Ober5.6 miles11
Bass Lake6.2 miles10
Aldine7.1 miles9
Oak Grove7.4 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on KnoxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2198053The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 437415. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.