Knox is a city in Center Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

thumb|left|East Lake Street, January 1910

Knox was founded in 1851, and is named for American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox. The Knox post office has been in operation since 1820.

Geography

Knox is located along the Yellow River.

According to the 2010 United States census, Knox has a total area of , all land.

From 2014 until 2024, Knox was the geographic center of the Big Ten Conference, according to a 2018 article in fivethirtyeight.com that referred to locations of various NCAA Men's Basketball Conference championships.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Knox had a population of 3,662. The median age was 40.9 years. 21.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.9 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,495 households in Knox, of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 34.3% were married-couple households, 22.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Knox has a public library, a branch of the Starke County Public Library System.

Notable people

  • Stuart Gorrell, wrote the lyrics for the song "Georgia on My Mind"
  • Che Mah, one of the shortest men in the world in his lifetime
  • Henry F. Schricker, two-time Indiana Governor

Media

  • WKVI 1520 AM and 99.3 FM. Locally owned by Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company, serving the area since 1969.

The PBS Kids television series Postcards from Buster filmed its first episode, "Meet Me At the Fair" (2004), in Knox.

Knox features in the 2013 film Bridegroom, the fact-based story of Knox resident Tom Bridegroom.

In June 2015, the economic reporting site "24/7 Wall St.com" listed Knox as the Indiana city with the lowest average college graduation level - 5.5% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to the statewide rate of 23.2% and the national rate of 28.8%; and reported that the city's median household income of $30,300 was $75,000 less than the median household income of Indiana's wealthiest town, Zionsville.

References

  • City website