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History · Knox Township

29% of Knox Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1924 on and the census since 1860.

0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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Where Knox Township’s name came from

How did Knox Township get its name?

Knox Township was named for John C. Knox, then President Judge of the judicial district.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Knox Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Knox Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.Boom and bustPeaked at 2,426 in 1920; 1,007 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19245 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1994. Watch Knox Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Knox Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Ramsaytown, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Knox Dale
1863–today
Ramsaytown
1906–1934
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarnesColonGreen ValleyKnox DaleNormanRamsaytownTait
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Knox Township
Center HillKnoxdale Mount PleasantMeade ChapelRamsaytown United MethodistSaint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran

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

People over time

Knox Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,500190019502000Peak: 2,426

Peaked at 2,426 in 1920; 1,007 people lived here in 2020.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Knox Township’s Wikipedia page.

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 a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,007. It was named for John C. Knox, then President Judge of the judicial district.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,042 to 1,011 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Knox Township, 1863 to 1934

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1863Post officeThe Knox Dale post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Ramsaytown post office opens
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 2,426
  6. 1924On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1934Post officeThe Ramsaytown post office closes
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On the map

Knox Township on the map, 1924 to 1994

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 1924 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1944 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1969 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1981 USGS mapKnox Township on the 1994 USGS map1924Brookville 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.

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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Britt BakerAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1991
Devin MesoracoAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1988
Billy HunterAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1928
Albert C. ThompsonLawyer, judge and politician · b. 1842
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David BarclayAmerican politician · b. 1823
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DeVeren BookwalterAmerican actor · b. 1939
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pine Creek TownshipIts storyB−Rose TownshipIts storyBOliver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcCalmont TownshipIts storyB

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.