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{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Knox County
| state = Kentucky
| seal =
| type=County
| founded year = 1799
| founded date = December 19
| seat wl = Barbourville
| largest city wl = Barbourville
| area_total_sq_mi = 388
| area_land_sq_mi = 386
| area_water_sq_mi = 1.5
| area percentage = 0.4
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_total = 31883
| pop_est_as_of = 2018
| population_est = 31304
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| time zone = Eastern
| footnotes =
| web = www.knoxcountyclerkky.com
| named for = [[Henry Knox]]
| ex image = Knox County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg
| ex image cap = Knox County courthouse in Barbourville
| district = 5th
}}

'''Knox County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in [[Appalachia]] near the southeastern corner of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kentucky]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population was 31,883.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21121.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/608kzn5M5?url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21121.html|archive-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Barbourville, Kentucky|Barbourville]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The county is named for [[General]] [[Henry Knox]]. It is one of the few coal-producing counties in Kentucky that has not suffered massive population loss.<!--What's the basis of the economy? If coal, why has it survived?  -->

Knox County is included in the [[London, Kentucky|London]], KY [[London, Kentucky micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Knox County was formed on December 19, 1799, from portions of [[Lincoln County, Kentucky|Lincoln County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/k/KNOXC01.html|title=Knox County|publisher=The Kentucky Encyclopedia|year=2000|access-date=August 22, 2014}}</ref> It is usually assumed to be named for [[Henry Knox]] of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary War general and the first [[United States Secretary of War]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ | title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 | publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society | year=1903 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ/page/n116 35]}}</ref> However, there is strong evidence that it was actually named for James Knox. Knox was a pre-war explorer and long hunter, a veteran of Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War, a pioneer guide, road-builder, and legislator. Knox had used the [[Wilderness Road]], which traverses the county, as an explorer and later oversaw its improvement into a wagon road.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stephen|first=Aron|title=How the West was Lost: The Transformation of Kentucky from Daniel Boone to Henry Clay|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=1999|isbn=0801861985|location=Baltimore|pages=27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Secrist|first=M.|title=Knox County, Kentucky: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors|year=2012|isbn=9781300402084}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Curry|first=John|title=James Knox and Captain Dick: An Auspicious Encounter|url=http://www.andrewknezjr.com/ENLARGEMENT%20OF%20AN%20AUSPICIOUS%20ENCOUNTER.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 13, 2021|website=Traditional Artwork by Andrew Knez}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Neville|first=Gabriel|date=August 19, 2017|title=James Knox Was There Before Daniel Boone|url=https://www.8thvirginia.com/blog/james-knox-was-there-before-daniel-boone|url-status=live|access-date=May 13, 2017|website=The 8th Virginia Regiment}}</ref>

The [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Battle of Barbourville]] was fought on September 19, 1861, between 800 Confederate soldiers from General [[Felix Zollicoffer]]'s command and 300 Union troops who attempted to defend the Union's Camp Andrew Johnson. The Union men tore up the planks on the bridge in an attempt to keep the Confederates from crossing, but the more numerous Confederates succeeded anyway. They destroyed the camp and seized the arms and equipment it contained.

The present courthouse, completed in 1964, is the fifth courthouse to serve the county.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAVlVS29NKIC&q=%22bell+county%22+1914+1918+1976&pg=PA264 | title=Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research | publisher=Ancestry Publishing | date=1992 | access-date=26 July 2013 | author=Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth | pages=264| isbn=9780916489496 }}</ref>

The county has long relied on [[coal]] production as the basis for its economy. Unlike other areas of southeastern Kentucky, it has continued to maintain jobs and much of its population.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|388|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|386|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.5|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 17, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210847/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt|archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Clay County, Kentucky|Clay County]]  (northeast)
* [[Bell County, Kentucky|Bell County]]  (southeast)
* [[Whitley County, Kentucky|Whitley County]]  (southwest)
* [[Laurel County, Kentucky|Laurel County]]  (northwest)

==Economy==
The largest employers in Knox County are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,406 people), Retail Trade (1,331 people), and Educational Services (1,226 people). But the highest-paying jobs are with mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. Real estate sales, and rental and leasing also pay well, followed by finance and insurance.<ref>[https://datausa.io/profile/geo/knox-county-ky/  Knox County, KY Economy], Data USA, 2017</ref>

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1810= 5875
|1820= 3661
|1830= 4315
|1840= 5722
|1850= 7050
|1860= 7707
|1870= 8294
|1880= 10587
|1890= 13762
|1900= 17372
|1910= 22116
|1920= 24172
|1930= 26266
|1940= 31029
|1950= 30409
|1960= 25258
|1970= 23689
|1980= 30239
|1990= 29676
|2000= 31795
|2010= 31883
|estyear=2018
|estimate=31304
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ky190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2013<ref name="QF"/>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 31,795 people, 12,416 households, and 8,939 families residing in the county.  The [[population density]] was {{convert|82|/sqmi|/km2}}.  There were 13,999 housing units at an average density of {{convert|36|/sqmi|/km2}}.  The racial makeup of the county was 97.84% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.82% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.08% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.82% from two or more races.  0.57% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 12,416 households, out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.30% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.20% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.90 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $18,294, and the median income for a family was $23,136. Males had a median income of $24,833 versus $18,390 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $10,660.  About 29.60% of families and 34.80% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 42.40% of those under age 18 and 28.90% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==
Knox County is part of the Unionist bloc of counties covering the eastern [[Pennyroyal Plateau]] and the western part of the [[Eastern Kentucky Coalfield|Eastern Coalfield]]. Like all counties in this bloc, Knox County is majority white by a high proportion, strongly opposed secession,<ref>Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; ''The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'', volume 71, no. 4 (October, 1973), pp. 344-363</ref> and has been rock-ribbed Republican ever since [[American Civil War|the Civil War]]. The only Democrat to carry Knox County since then has been [[Lyndon Johnson]] during his 1964 landslide.

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! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''83.0%''' ''11,012''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.9% ''2,114''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% ''147''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''82.3%''' ''9,885''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14.7% ''1,761''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% ''366''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.3%''' ''8,467''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.4% ''2,484''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''149''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.6%''' ''8,150''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.0% ''3,074''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''165''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.4%''' ''8,108''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.8% ''3,822''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''98''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.1%''' ''6,058''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.2% ''3,690''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% ''162''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.5%''' ''4,502''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.1% ''3,736''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.4% ''857''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.0%''' ''5,011''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.5% ''3,787''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.5% ''1,027''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.2%''' ''4,903''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.0% ''2,919''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''60''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.9%''' ''5,730''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.7% ''2,932''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% ''37''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.0%''' ''5,539''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.3% ''3,543''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% ''158''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.9%''' ''4,931''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.1% ''3,642''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''88''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.9%''' ''5,017''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.2% ''1,805''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''57''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.8%''' ''4,388''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.6% ''2,244''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.7% ''963''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.1% ''3,583''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.4%''' ''4,150''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''37''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.3%''' ''5,814''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.7% ''2,956''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.4%''' ''6,341''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.6% ''2,539''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''2''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.3%''' ''5,470''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.5% ''2,766''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% ''17''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.0%''' ''4,241''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.1% ''2,814''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% ''136''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.4%''' ''5,178''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.5% ''2,385''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''7''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.1%''' ''5,003''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.8% ''3,319''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''8''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.0%''' ''4,921''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.0% ''3,419''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''5''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.9%''' ''4,513''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.5% ''3,375''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% ''50''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1928 United States presidential election|1928]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.8%''' ''5,928''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.1% ''1,497''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''7''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.3%''' ''3,767''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.5% ''1,537''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.2% ''290''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.7%''' ''5,228''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.5% ''1,534''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''56''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.2%''' ''3,192''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.8% ''1,126''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''44''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''39.0%''' ''1,391''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.9% ''888''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|36.1% ''1,286''
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==Education==

===K–12===
Three public school districts serve the county:
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080216022919/http://www.knox.kyschools.us/ Knox County Public Schools] serves the entire county, including the cities of Barbourville and Corbin. The following are schools funded by the Knox County Public School District (grades served in parentheses):
** Central Elementary (PS–5)
** Dewitt Elementary (PS–5)
** Flat Lick Elementary (PS–5)
** Girdler Elementary (PS–5)
** G.R. Hampton Elementary (PS–5)
** Jesse D. Lay Elementary (PS–5)
** Lynn Camp Elementary (PS–5)
** Knox County Middle School (6–8)
** Lynn Camp High School (6–12)
** Knox Appalachian School (5–12)
** Knox Central High School (9–12)
** Knox County Learning Academy (9–12)
* [http://www.barbourvilleind.com Barbourville Independent School District] serves the city of Barbourville at a single campus with elementary and high school sections (grades PS–12).
* [http://www.corbinschools.org The Corbin Independent School District] serves the entire city of Corbin, making it one of the few districts in Kentucky whose boundaries cross county lines. The following are schools funded by the Corbin Independent School School District (grades served in parentheses):
** Corbin Primary School (K–2)
** Corbin Elementary (3–4)
** Corbin Intermediate (5–6)
** Corbin Middle School (7–8)
** Corbin High School (9–12)

===Higher education===
[[Union College (Kentucky)|Union College]], a small [[United Methodist Church|Methodist]]-affiliated [[liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]], is located in Barbourville.

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Barbourville, Kentucky|Barbourville]] (county seat)
* [[Corbin, Kentucky|Corbin]] (primarily in [[Whitley County, Kentucky|Whitley County]])

===Census-designated places===
* [[Artemus, Kentucky|Artemus]]
* [[Flat Lick, Kentucky|Flat Lick]]
* [[North Corbin, Kentucky|North Corbin]] (primarily in [[Laurel County, Kentucky|Laurel County]])

===Other unincorporated places===
* [[Gray, Kentucky|Gray]]
* [[Kay Jay, Kentucky|Kay Jay]]

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
* [[Dry counties]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Kentucky]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070210131343/http://www.kentuckyhighlands.com/kh/counties/knox_county.asp The Kentucky Highlands Project]
* Bradley, Erwin S., ''Union College: A History, 1889-1954,'' Written in Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Its Founding (Barbourville, KY: Union College, 1954). Available online at: https://archive.org/details/unioncollege18791954brad
* Decker, Elmer, "Knox County Kentucky History," manuscript by a local attorney from the 1930s and 1940s, containing much in the way of raw historical facts as well as documents, available online on the Bell County [KY] Public Libraries website www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/ky/knox/decker.html
* Fetterman, John, ''Stinking Creek: The Portrait of a Small Mountain Community in Appalachia'' (E. P. Dutton, 1967; reprint, Plume, 1970). Also available online on the Bell County [KY] Public Libraries website. See: [http://www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/ky/knox/Doc1.html Bellcountypubliclibraries.org]
* Marigold, W. Gordon and Erwin S. Bradley, ''Union College, 1879-1979'' (Barbourville, KY: Union College, 1979).
* Mills, Michael C., ''Barbourville and Knox County.'' Arcadia Publishing (August 2, 2000). Also available online at: [http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=VPROD&Product_Code=9780738505855 Arcadia Publishing-Local Interest & American History Books]
* Mitchell, Charles Reed, ed., ''History and Families, Knox County, Kentucky, 1799-1994.'' With a History of Knox County, Kentucky by William Sherman Oxendine, Charles Reed Mitchell, and Ron Rosenstiel (Paducah, KY: Turner Pub. Co., 1994).
* Warren, King Solomon, ''History of Knox County, Kentucky'' (Barbourville, KY: Daniel Boone Festival, 1976).

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{{Kentucky}}

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[[Category:Knox County, Kentucky| ]]
[[Category:Kentucky counties]]
[[Category:London, Kentucky micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Counties of Appalachia]]
[[Category:1799 establishments in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1799]]