Knapp Run
Knapp may refer to: People * Knapp (surname) Places * Knapp, Dunn County, Wisconsin * Knapp, Jackson County, Wisconsin * Knapp, Hampshire, England, a village in the parish of Ampfield * Knapp, Perthshire, Scotland * Knapp Creek (West Virginia), Pocahontas County, West Virginia * Knapp's Castle, Santa Barbara County, California Companies * Bill Knapp's, a defunct restaurant chain in Michigan * Knapp's, a defunct department store chain in Michigan Other * Knapp Commission The Commission to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption (known informally as the Knapp Commission, after its chairman Whitman Knapp) was a five-member panel initially formed in April 1970 by Mayor John V. Lindsay to investigate corruption withi ..., a far-reaching investigation, named for its chairman Whitman Knapp, into corruption in the NYPD from 1970 to 1972 * USS ''Knapp'' (DD-653), United States Navy destroyer * ''Komitet Narodowy Amerykanów Polskiego Pochodzenia'' (KNAPP), the National Commi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp (surname)
Knapp is a German and English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexis Knapp (born 1989), American actress * Andrew Knapp (born 1991), American baseball player * Anthony W. Knapp (born 1941), American mathematician * Bliss Knapp (1877–1958), American Christian Scientist * Brooke Knapp (born 1940), American aviator and realtor * Charles Knapp (1868–1936), American classical scholar * Charles Boynton Knapp (born 1946), American academic * Chauncey L. Knapp (1809–1898), American politician * Chris Knapp (other), multiple people * Edward Knapp (other), multiple people * Elizabeth Knapp (17th century), American settler and alleged possession victim * Florence Knapp (other), multiple people * Gaines A. Knapp (1848–1918), American politician * Georg Christian Knapp (1753–1825), German theologian * Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842–1926), German economist * George Knapp (other), multiple people * Greg Knapp (1963–2021 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp, Dunn County, Wisconsin
Knapp is a village in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 463 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Knapp WI 54749 has been in operation since 1872. The village was named for John Holly Knapp, an executive in the lumber industry. Geography Knapp is located at (44.954456, -92.080421). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 463 people, 214 households, and 122 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 230 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.8% White, 1.1% Native American, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.2% of the population. There were 214 households, of which 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp, Jackson County, Wisconsin
Knapp is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 275. The unincorporated community of Lapham Junction is located in the town. History Knapp was formed out of a portion of the town of Millston in 1889.Black River Falls history , blackriverfalls.com (Jackson County Historical Society), Retrieved 12 November 2018Eleventh Census - Volume 1 Minor Civil Divisions, Table 5 p. 361 (1895) Geography According to the[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ampfield
Ampfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Test Valley in Hampshire, England, between Romsey, Eastleigh, and Winchester. It had a population at the 2001 census of 1,474, increasing to 1,583 at the 2011 Census. Geography Ampfield lies on sands and clays of Eocene age near the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin. Ampfield Wood on the London Clay to the north of the village is crossed by the Monarch's Way long distance footpath. The parish includes the hamlets of Knapp and Gosport. Education State Primary: * Ampfield CofE Primary School Church The village church is St Mark. Its construction took 3 years, finishing in 1841. It has stained glass windows dating from the 1850s. Potters Heron Hotel The Potters Heron Hotel, renowned for its thatched roof, is situated in Ampfield Village. Personalities The author of the ''Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British ''Railway Series'' books by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp, Perthshire
Knapp is a hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located to the northeast of Inchture, about by road west of the city centre of Dundee. The Rossie Priory, an extensive country estate owned by the Kinnaird family is just to the southwest. Knapp contains an old coaching house (now converted into a property) and a red telephone box The red telephone box, a telephone kiosk for a public telephone designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar. Despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, .... References Villages in Perth and Kinross {{PerthKinross-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp Creek (West Virginia)
Knapp Creek is a tributary stream of the Greenbrier River in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Its source is east of the community of Frost on Allegheny Mountain. From its headwaters, Knapp Creek slowly flows down through farmland until its confluence with Laurel Creek at Minnehaha Springs. Downstream from the confluence of the two streams, Knapp Creek flows through Huntersville. Six miles from Huntersville, Knapp Creek empties into the Greenbrier River outside Marlinton. Knapp Creek is home to the Candy Darter, ''Etheostoma osburni'' ( Finescale saddled darter) a brilliantly colored, small member of the perch family sensitive to sediment. The creek was named after Knapp Gregory, an early settler. The forest ecology of Knapp Creek at the turn of the century is described in W. E. Blackhurst's book, Riders of the Flood, and in the theatrical version of the book for the town of Ronceverte's Outdoor Amphitheatre in SeptembeRiders of the Flood In the book and the play, Mrs. Kna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp's Castle
Knapp's Castle is a privately owned landmark ruined mansion in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Santa Barbara, California. Built in 1916 by George Knapp, the estate included 5 bedrooms, an organ room, and even an observatory. Located near East Camino Cielo in the Los Padres National Forest, the ridge-top site has a panoramic view of Lake Cachuma and the Santa Ynez Valley. It was a popular destination for hikers and photographers. The site is no longer open to the public. History George Owen Knapp, founder of Union Carbide, built Knapp's Castle shortly after purchasing the parcel in 1916. The location was so secluded that a new road had to be built to reach it. In 1940, Frances Holden bought the property and invited her friend, world-famous opera singer Lotte Lehmann, to move in. The mansion was destroyed by a forest fire only five weeks later, and now only the massive sandstone foundations, fireplace pillars and walls of the original seven structures remain intact. The parcel remai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Knapp's
Bill Knapp's was an American family restaurant chain. It was founded by Clinton B. Knapp (March 13, 1907 – October 15, 1974), in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1948. The chain operated in Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Indiana, with more than 60 locations at its peak. The menu Bill Knapp's featured a menu primarily filled with typical family dining items. The menu included a limited breakfast, sandwiches, baskets, and luncheon and dinner plates. A children's menu, featuring meals named for animals, was also offered. Recipes for their fried chicken, bean soup, ham croquettes, vegetable soup, onion rings, au gratin potatoes, and chocolate cakes (later purchased by Awrey Bakeries) were also featured. Locations replenished inventory on a daily basis from the commissary in Battle Creek, Mich., with their own fleet of trucks. Bill Knapp placed great emphasis on the quality and freshness of the food, with added emphasis on preparing the food "from scratch." [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp's
The J.W. Knapp Company, more commonly known as "Knapp's", was a chain of department stores based in Lansing, Michigan. History In 1893, Joseph W. Knapp, a salesman originally from Hillsdale, Michigan opened a dry-goods, coat, and carpet store in Albion, Michigan in partnership with Frank W. Jewett, called Jewett & Knapp. By 1897, the store had relocated to 123 N. Washington Avenue in Lansing, occupying of space at the site of a former dry-goods store. In 1908, Jewett and Knapp sold the business to Frank Lackey, who renamed the store "J.W. Knapp Company". Knapp remained in charge of company operations, with Lackey as a silent partner. Knapp's billed itself in advertising of the day as "Lansing's Busy Reliable Store". The same year, the business moved to 220-226 South Washington. By 1918, Knapp's had incorporated a specialty gift store into its business, the "Kenilworth Gift Shop" in partnership with Kenilworth Studios of Chicago, and involved an extensive advertising campaign. I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Knapp Commission
The Commission to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption (known informally as the Knapp Commission, after its chairman Whitman Knapp) was a five-member panel initially formed in April 1970 by Mayor John V. Lindsay to investigate corruption within the New York City Police Department. The creation of the commission was largely a result of the publicity generated by the public revelations of police corruption made by Patrolman Frank Serpico and Sergeant David Durk. The commission concluded that the NYPD had systematic corruption problems, confirming the existence of widespread corruption and made a number of recommendations. Members In 1970, Mayor Lindsay appointed five members to serve on the Knapp Commission: * Whitman Knapp, chair * Arnold Bauman (later replaced by John E. Sprizzo) * Joseph Monserrat * Franklin A. Thomas * Cyrus Vance Investigation and public hearings While the Knapp Commission began its investigation of corruption in the police department in June 1970, publ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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USS Knapp (DD-653)
USS ''Knapp'' (DD-653), a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Harry Shepard Knapp a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and Military Governor of Santo Domingo. Her keel was laid down on 8 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine. She was launched on 10 July 1943, sponsored by Margaret L. and Mary C. Knapp and commissioned on 16 September 1943. Service history World War II After shakedown off Bermuda, ''Knapp'' departed Boston on 26 November 1943 for the Pacific Ocean, arriving Pearl Harbor on 21 December. She departed Pearl Harbor on 16 January 1944 with the aircraft carriers of Admiral Marc Mitscher's Task Force 58, headed for the Marshall Islands invasion. At sea from 16 January to 12 February when she put into Majuro, ''Knapp'' also shelled Kwajalein. She continued her screening as carriers launched raids on Truk from 16–17 February and on bases in the Mariana Islands from 21 February to 22 February, then sailed from Majuro to Espiritu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |