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Knox County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 1, 1808
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Seat
- Mount Vernon
- Largest city
- Mount Vernon
- Total
- 530 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 525 sq mi (1,360 km )
- Water
- 4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 64,002
- Density
- 122/sq mi (47/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .co .knox .oh .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Mount Vernon
- Capital
- Mount Vernon
- Population
- 62721
- Area
- 1371
- Shares border with
- Holmes County
- Official website
- www.knoxcountyohio.org
- Image
- Knox County, Ohio Courthouse (14516804607).jpg
- Households
- 23027
- Licence plate code
- 42
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- different from
- Knox County
- Commons category
- Knox County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Knox County, Ohio
- P12749
- 1916 Boreas
- inception
- 1808-03-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Knox County, Ohio
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Knox County
- per capita income
- 27599
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Encyclopedic overview
Knox County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,721. Its county seat is Mount Vernon. The county is named for Henry Knox, an officer in the American Revolutionary War who was later the first Secretary of War. Knox County comprises the Mount Vernon, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knox County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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