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History · Knox

14% of Knox’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Matt Johnson Log House. Below: maps from 1979 on.

1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Knox’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Knox, in brief

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

Knox is a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 311 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Brantwood is located with the town. The unincorporated community of Clifford is located partially in the town. The ghost town of Knox Mills is also located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 341 to 311 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Knox, 1891 to 1979

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Knox Mills post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Brantwood post office opens
  4. 1898BuiltMatt Johnson Log House is built
  5. 20th century
  6. 1909Post officeThe Knox Mills post office closes
  7. 1979On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Knox on the map, 1979 to 1980

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

Knox on the 1979 USGS mapKnox on the 1980 USGS map1979Brantwood sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Knox

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Matt Johnson Log House
Matt Johnson Log House, built 1898
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Log1
Matt Johnson Log HouseLog · Built 1898

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Knox

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

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Dennis MorganAmerican actor · b. 1908
Jay LeggettAmerican actor, improvisational comedian, produ… · b. 1963
Mike WebsterAmerican football player · b. 1952
Carl R. EklundAmerican ornithologist · b. 1909
Esther BubleyAmerican photographer · b. 1921
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Chuck MencelAmerican basketball player · b. 1933
Places that used to be

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

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

Knox Mills
1891–1909
Brantwood
1895–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Brantwood
Gone or out of use
Knox ChurchchurchKnox Mills SchoolschoolPershing Junior High SchoolschoolPershing Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Knox
FinnishKnoxSaint Marys

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

PrenticeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpirit1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHackettIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSomoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLynneIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Knox’s history

What is on the National Register in Knox?

One place: the Matt Johnson Log House (listed 1978).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.