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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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
Starke County Bridge No. 39listed 1993
Starke County Courthouselisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresKnox 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,704 | |
| 2020 | 3,662 | -42 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knox West quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Knox West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starke Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bradley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Starke County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
43 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Lightning | Knox | $75,000 | Lightning 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | $20,000 | Trees were uprooted or damaged around Knox. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Knox | $5,000 | Multiple pictures on Facebook show 2 and 3 inch hailstones that fell in Knox. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | $5,000 | The roof was torn off a building. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | $1,000 | 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. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Knox | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Knox | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Knox | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Knox | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Knox | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Knox | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Numerous trees and power lines down across county. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Reports of several trees and powerlines down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Multiple trees and powerlines down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees and utility lines down across the entire county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Local law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines were blown down in the Knox area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | A trained spotter recorded a 60 mph wind gust in Knox. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Law enforcement officials reported several trees and tree limbs down across the county. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Knox | - | 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Few trees blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in Knox. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Knox. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Law enforcement reported trees down near Bass Lake. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | 1 tree blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Tree down across road. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Trees down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Tree blown down. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Strong winds downed trees north of Knox. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Knox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2198053 | The 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.




