Place:Knox, Maine, United States

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NameKnox
Alt namesKnoxsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.1°N 69.117°W
Located inMaine, United States     (1860 - )
See alsoLincoln, Maine, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Waldo, Maine, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Appleton
Ash Point
Athearns Corner
Blackinton Corners
Burkettville
Camden
Clark Island
Crescent Beach
Criehaven
Cushing
East Friendship
East Union
East Warren
Elmore
Friendship
Glen Cove
Glenmere
Globe
Goose Rocks
Grants Turn
Gushees Corner
Hibberts Corner
Holiday Beach
Hope
Isle au Haut
Kennedy Corner
Lake City
Lawry
Lookout
Lucas Corner
Maddocks Corner
Martin
Martins Corner
Martinsville
Matinicus Isle
Melvin Heights
Morang Corner
North Appleton
North Cushing
North Haven
North Hope Corner
North Union
Oakes Corner
Owls Head
Payson Corner
Pease Corner
Pitmans Corner
Pleasant Beach
Pleasant Point
Port Clyde
Proctors Corner
Pulpit Harbor
Razorville
Rockland
Rockport
Rockville
Sawpit Corner
Shermans Mill
Simonton Corners
South Cushing
South Hope
South Thomaston
South Union
South Warren
Spruce Head
St. George
Stickney Corner
Stovers Corner
Tenants Harbor
Thomaston
Union
Vinalhaven
Warren
Washington
Waterman Beach
Wattons Mill
West Appleton
West Rockport
West Washington
White Oak Corner
Whitney Corner
Willis Corners
Unknown
Monhegan
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Knox County is a county located in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,607. Its county seat is Rockland. The county is named for American Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806. The county was established on April 1, 1860, and is the most recent county to be created in Maine. It was carved from parts of Waldo and Lincoln counties. The Union Fair, started in 1868, began as the efforts of the North Knox Agricultural and Horticultural Society.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
160 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1859 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 32,716
1870 30,823
1880 32,863
1890 31,473
1900 30,406
1910 28,981
1920 26,245
1930 27,693
1940 27,191
1950 28,121
1960 28,575
1970 29,013
1980 32,941
1990 36,310
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