Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
KNOX COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Indiana, with the Wabash on the west, and White river on the southeast. Area, 540 square miles. Face of the country, toward the Wabash, even; in the interior, hilly; soil generally fertile. Seat of justice, Vincennes. Pop. in 1810, 7,945; in 1820, 5,437; in 1830, 6,557; in 1840, 10,657; in 1850, 11,084. (Fanning's, 1853)