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Knox County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- June 6, 1790
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Seat
- Vincennes
- Largest city
- Vincennes
- Total
- 524.04 sq mi (1,357.3 km )
- Land
- 516.03 sq mi (1,336.5 km )
- Water
- 8.01 sq mi (20.7 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 35,652
- Density
- 70.310/sq mi (27.147/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- knoxcounty .in .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Vincennes
- Capital
- Vincennes
- Population
- 36282
- Area
- 1357
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Crawford County
- Official website
- www.knoxcounty.in.gov
- Image
- Knox County Courthouse - Vincennes, Indianna.jpg
- Households
- 15186
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- Commons category
- Knox County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Knox County, Indiana
- inception
- 1790-06-20
- different from
- Knox County
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Knox County
- per capita income
- 27521
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Encyclopedic overview
Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana in the United States. The oldest county in Indiana, it was one of two original counties created in the Northwest Territory in 1790, alongside St. Clair County, Illinois. Knox County was gradually reduced in size as subsequent counties were established. It was established in its present configuration when Daviess County was partitioned off (February 2, 1818). At the 2020 United States census, the county population was 36,282. The county seat is Vincennes. Knox County comprises the Vincennes, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knox County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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