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History · Knox Township

Half of Knox Township’s homes were built after 1984

Most of Knox Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Knox Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Knox Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Knox Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19096 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1993. Watch Knox Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Indian Camp
1854–1901
Mantua
1854–1856
Creighton
1856–1900
Flat Ridge
1872–1901
Boden
1889–1901
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BodenFlat RidgeIndian CampMantua
Gone or out of use
Boden ChurchchurchBoden Post Officepost officeFlat Ridge Post Officepost officeIndian Camp Post Officepost officeIndian SchoolschoolLittle Indian SchoolschoolRed Brush Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Knox Township
Flat RidgeHawthorneHopewell Methodist EpiscopalMorrowMount HermanNorthfield

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Start Knox Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Knox Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Knox Township on the map, 1909 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Knox Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Knox Township on the 1909 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1912 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1962 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1978 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1984 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1993 USGS map1909Cambridge sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Knox Township.

The story so far

Knox Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Knox Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Knox Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 538.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 566 to 538 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Knox Township, 1854 to 1909

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Indian Camp post office opens
  3. 1854Post officeThe Mantua post office opens
  4. 1856Post officeThe Mantua post office closes
  5. 1856Post officeThe Creighton post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Creighton post office closes
  8. 1901Post officeThe Indian Camp post office closes
  9. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Knox Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Flat Ridge Community Church2017Flat Ridge Community ChurchMap of Guernsey County Ohio Highlighting Knox Township2015Map of Guernsey County Ohio Highlighting Knox TownshipMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Knox Township

Nobody well known was born in Knox Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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William Rainey HarperAmerican academic administrator · b. 1856
David W. StewartAmerican politician · b. 1887
William BurressAmerican actor · b. 1867
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Del AndersonAmerican football coach · b. 1911
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Naphtali LuccockAmerican bishop · b. 1853
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Freeman DavisMedal of Honor recipient · b. 1842
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Adams Township2 historic placesB−Wheeling Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Knox Township’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.