Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:		January 13, 1825 (Laws, 1825, p. 94)
		County organization was completed on June 10, 1830.
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named for Henry Knox, a soldier of the Revolution who commanded the storming party at Stony Point, later a Major General and Washington’s Secretary of War.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1823–1825	Fulton
	1821–1823	Pike
	1812–1821	Madison
	1801–1812	St. Clair
County Seats:
	1830–1831	Home of John B. Gum in Henderson
	1831–1873	Henderson—New location, name changed to Knoxville.
	1873–	Galesburg
	Former courthouse in Knoxville
History of county governing board:
	1830–1849	County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1853	County Court
	1853–	County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
	Adopted:	(November 6, 1849)— A Commissioners’ Report dated February 4, 1850 divided Knox County into 20 townships. With the exception of six townships noted below, the townships corresponded to those of the 1853 Commissioners’ Report. Township organization was not completed under this earlier election because a controversy arose concerning the type of majority necessary for adopting township form of government.
		November 2, 1852
Township Names:
	Cedar	Name changed from Cherry Grove on June 8, 1853.
	Chestnut
	City of Galesburg	Formed as West Galesburg from Galesburg on January 9, 1866; name changed to City of Galesburg (date unknown, before 1921).
	Copley	Name changed from Richfield on June 8, 1853. Named Prince Albert in 1850 report.
	Elba	Name changed from Liberty on June 8, 1853.
	Galesburg
	Haw Creek	Name changed from Ohio on June 8, 1853.
	Henderson
	Indian Point
	Knox	Named Knoxville in 1850 report.
	Lynn	Named Frakers Grove in 1850 report.
	Maquon
	Ontario
	Orange
	Persifer
	Rio	Named North Prairie in 1850 report.
	Salem
	Sparta
	Truro	Named Chester in 1850 report.
	Victoria	Named Worchester in 1850 report.
	Walnut Grove