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  Knox - History
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Parents > United States > Indiana > IN Counties > Knox  
Websitehttps://knoxcounty.in.gov/
Established June 20, 1790
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP December 17, 2019 05:03pm
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December 05, 1842 -


KNOX lost small area to SULLIVAN when all county boundaries were redefined. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)

February 15, 1817 - December 05, 1842


KNOX lost to creation of DAVIESS. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 43, secs. 1-2/p. 192)

February 01, 1817 - February 15, 1817


KNOX lost to creation of PIKE. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 51, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 208-210)

January 15, 1817 - February 01, 1817


KNOX lost to creation of SULLIVAN; all of KNOX north of Indian boundary line implicitly reverted to non-county status and became part of Non-County Area 4. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 205, 207)

December 11, 1816 - January 15, 1817


KNOX exchanged small areas along the Wabash River with Illinois Territory when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)

February 01, 1816 - December 11, 1816


KNOX lost to creation of ORANGE. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 12/pp. 643-645)

September 01, 1814 - February 01, 1816


KNOX lost to WASHINGTON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 5/pp. 526-527)

April 01, 1813 - September 01, 1814


KNOX lost to creation of both GIBSON and WARRICK. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 23/pp. 348-350)

January 01, 1811 - April 01, 1813


KNOX lost to creation of WAYNE. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 6, 60/pp. 108-111, 190)

March 01, 1809 - January 01, 1811


KNOX lost to creation of Illinois Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 16:6-8; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)

December 01, 1808 - March 01, 1809


KNOX lost to creation of HARRISON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1801-1809, ch. 1/pp. 645-646)

March 01, 1803 - December 01, 1808


KNOX lost to HAMILTON (Ohio), to non-county area of Ohio, and to creation of WAYNE (Ind. Terr., extinct) when the state of Ohio was created from the Northwest Territory and Indiana Territory; KNOX eliminated from Ohio. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Van Zandt, 112)

February 03, 1801 - March 01, 1803


KNOX gained from non-county area in Indiana Territory, including parts of present Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio; lost to RANDOLPH (Ill.) and ST. CLAIR (Ill.), and lost to creation of CLARK. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)

June 22, 1798 - February 03, 1801


KNOX lost to HAMILTON (Ohio) in present Indiana and Ohio. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:509)

August 15, 1796 - June 22, 1798


KNOX lost to creation of WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct). (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:567-568, and 3:447; Pence and Armstrong, 216)

June 20, 1790 - August 15, 1796


KNOX created by Northwest Territory from non-county area; included all of present Indiana, plus parts of present Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:313)

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