Knox County, TXGenWeb

My goal is to provide you with every possible resource to help you with your Knox County, Texas family research in a pleasing, organized format that doesn't take forever to load. If you have family history, stories, books, wills, marriages, births, deaths, obits, old photos or other information about Knox County, please send me an email and allow me to add the information to this site. We are all volunteers on this project and appreciate your kindness.

My name is Shawn Hughes and I'm back as the CC for Knox after an extended absence. You're welcome to contact me for answers to questions or to add information to the county.

In memory of
Tamara Stevens
TXGenWeb County Coordinator
for Concho, Knox, McCulloch and Sutton counties
2003-2021.
County of the Month Winner! March 2021

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Henry Knox
Knox County was formed in 1858, remained unsettled and was again formed into a county in 1876. In the 1880 census there were 77 residents living on three farms or ranches. Named for Henry Knox, Revolutionary War General and the Secretary of War in George Washington's first cabinet, as was Fort Knox in Kentucky. It was and remains today a relatively small county. With about 850 square miles it's original settlers mined copper, grew cotton or raised cattle. By the 1940's oil was a big product with the population reaching as high as 10,090 in 1940 and the 2010 estimated population was 3,719. The county seat is Benjamin.

Knox County, TX

Cemeteries

Links and listings of local cemeteries

Cities, towns, communities

Cities: Benjamin, Goree, Munday

Towns: Knox City

Unincorporated communities: Gilliland, Rhineland, Truscott, Vera

Family histories

Local Information

My Hometown, A History of Munday, Texas

Wichita Brazos Museum and Cultural Center

Great sources ~ people willing to share

Available reels for Interlibrary Loan

Neighboring Counties

Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Haskell, King, Stonewall, Throckmorton and Wilbarger

Queries

Records

USGenWeb Archives online and free!

Knox County Births, 1926-1929

Knox County Deaths, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934

Death Certificates Search for Texas Death Certificates from 1890-1976

Death Index, Knox County, 1903-1926

Knox County Marriages Alphabetical listing by grooms

Knox County CSA Pension Application Index

Census Records

Texas Divorce records, 1968-2001, Searchable!

Obituaries, submitted by researchers

School Records and Histories

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