Knox may refer to:

Places

United States

Fort Knox Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold res ...

, a United States Army post in Kentucky **

United States Bullion Depository The United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located next to the United States Army post of Fort Knox, Kentucky. It is operated by the United States Department of the Treasury. The vault is used ...

, a high security storage facility commonly called Fort Knox *

Fort Knox (Maine) Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort ...

, a fort located on the Penobscot River in Prospect, Maine *

Knox Memorial Bridge The Knox Memorial Bridge crosses the Intracoastal Waterway north of Ormond Beach, Florida. Highbridge Road ( CR 2002) passes over the bridge. History Highbridge Road was built at the latest around 1910 as part of the John Anderson Highway, which ...

, a bridge that crosses the Intracoastal Waterway north of Ormond Beach, Florida *

Knox, Indiana Knox is a city in Center Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 3,704 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Starke County. History Knox was founded in 1851, and is named for American Revolutiona ...

* Knox, Henry County, Indiana *

Knox, Maine Knox is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The town was named for General Henry Knox, the first United States Secretary of War. The population was 811 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the t ...

Knox, New York Knox is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,692 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northwestern part of Albany County and is west of Albany, the state capital. History The Town of Knox was established i ...

Knox, North Dakota Knox is a city in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 22 at the 2020 census. Knox was founded in 1887. Geography Knox is located at (48.341913, -99.692403). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has ...

* Knox, Knox County, Ohio *

Knox, Vinton County, Ohio Knox is a former town in Vinton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. History A post office called Knox was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1904. The community derived its name from He ...

Knox, Pennsylvania Knox is a borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,102 at the 2020 census. Geography Knox, thhorsethiefcapital of the world, is located northwest of the center of Clarion County at (41.235317, -79.536123). Pen ...

Knox, Wisconsin Knox is a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 399 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Brantwood is located with the town. The unincorporated community of Clifford is also located partially in the tow ...

, a town ** Knox Mills, Wisconsin, a ghost town *

Knox City, Missouri Knox City is a city in eastern Knox County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 191. History Knox City was platted in 1872 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Knox City has been in o ...

Knox City, Texas Knox City is a town in Knox County, Texas, Knox County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,119 at the 2010 United States Census, 2019 census. Geography Knox City is in southern Knox County, at the intersection of State Highways Texas Stat ...

* Knox County (disambiguation) *

Knox Township (disambiguation) Knox Township may refer to: *Knox Township, Knox County, Illinois *Knox Township, Jay County, Indiana *Knox Township, Clarke County, Iowa *Knox Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa *Knox Township, Benson County, North Dakota *Knox Township, Columbi ...

Other places

City of Knox The City of Knox is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and in 2020, Knox had a population of 165,147. This municipality is one of only a handful that survived the widespread mu ...

, Victoria, Australia *

Knox Atoll Knox Atoll ( Marshallese: , ) is an uninhabited coral atoll of 18 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is the southernmost atoll of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. The total land area is only , but it encloses a largely sand-filled lagoon w ...

, Marshall Islands *

Knox Coast Knox Coast, part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Hordern, at 100°31′E, and the Hatch Islands, at 109°16′E. History The coast was discovered in February 1840 by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (18 ...

, the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Hordern and the Hatch Islands *

Westfield Knox Westfield Knox (formerly known as Knox City Shopping Centre) is a shopping centre, outdoor entertainment and professional services complex in the outer eastern Melbourne suburb of Wantirna South, in the Australian state of Victoria. The centr ...

, a shopping centre in Wantirna South, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ships

* USS ''Knox'' (FF-1052), the prototype and lead ship of the Knox class of destroyer escorts ** ''Knox''-class frigate, a class of United States Navy ships * USS ''Frank Knox'' (DD-742), a ''Gearing''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II

Organisations

Knox Automobile Company The Knox Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, between 1900 and 1914. Knox also built trucks and farm tractors until 1924. They are notable for building the very first modern fire engin ...

, an American Brass Era car manufacturer *

Knox Basketball Inc Knox Raiders is a member club of the NBL1 South NBL1 South is a NBL1 conference based in South East Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2019, Basketball Victoria partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL) ...

, a basketball association in Melbourne, Australia * Knox Associates, d.b.a. The Knox Company, an American company that makes security devices such as the

Knox Box A Knox Box is a small, wall-mounted safe that holds building keys for fire departments, emergency medical services, and sometimes police to retrieve in emergency situations. The term "Knox-Box" is a brand name for such products produced by the ...

Schools

Knox Academy Knox Academy is a co-educational state secondary school located in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Originally founded in 1379 as a medieval grammar school, it is one of the oldest schools in the world. History The modern school can be tra ...

, a secondary school in Haddington, Scotland *

Knox College (Illinois) , mottoeng = Truth , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $170.2 million (2019) , president = C. Andrew McGadney , city = Galesburg, Illinois , country = U.S. , enrollment = 1,200 , faculty = 120 , cam ...

, a liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois *

Knox College, Otago Knox College is a selective residential college, established by the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and affiliated with University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. The college is set in a landscaped site in Opoho on the opposite s ...

, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Otago in New Zealand *

Knox College, Toronto , mottoeng = The word gives light , established = , religious_affiliation = Presbyterian Church , type = Federated theological college , principal = Ernest van Eck , city = To ...

, a theological college in Toronto, Canada *

Knox Grammar School , motto_translation = The Manly Thing Is Being Done , established = , founder = John Gilmore, William McIlrath, Robert Gillespie and Andrew Reid , type = Independent, day & boarding ...

in New South Wales, Australia *

The Knox School (Australia) The Knox School is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational day school, located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia. The school is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne associati ...

, in Wantirna South, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Churches

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Knox Presbyterian Church (Ottawa) Knox Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is named after John Knox, a founder of Presbyterianism in Scotland. History Knox was founded as a result of the split within the congregation of St. Andrew's, Ot ...

Knox Presbyterian Church (Toronto) Knox Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History In 1820, the first Presbyterian congregation in Toronto (then the Town of York) was formed, and after the donation of land from Jessie Ketchum, built ...

Knox United Church (Calgary) Knox United Church is a Gothic Revival architecture in Canada, Gothic Revival church located in Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is a member church of the United Church of Canada. History Knox Presbyterian Church was established in 1883 Rev. ...

Knox United Church (Scarborough) The Knox United Church, began as Knox Presbyterian Church in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in a wood-frame church built in 1848, the result of the Church of Scotland disruption, that led to the formation of the Presbyterian Church of Ca ...

, a Presbyterian Church in Scarborough, Ontario

People

* Knox (given name) *

Knox (surname) Knox is a Scottish surname that originates from the Scottish Gaelic "''cnoc''", meaning a hillock or a hump or the Old English "''cnocc''", meaning a round-topped hill. Notable Knoxes include the Presbyterian reformer John Knox and the American R ...

, including list of persons with the surname *

Knox (musician) Knox (born Ian Milroy Carnochan, 4 September 1945) also known as I.M. Carnarchan is a British musician and founding member of the seminal punk rock, punk band the Vibrators. Biography Born in London, he spent his formative years in Cricklewoo ...

(born 1945), guitarist, singer and songwriter of original UK punk rock band The Vibrators *

Knox Cameron Knox Cameron (born September 17, 1983 in Kingston) is a Jamaican-born American soccer player who most recently played for AFC Ann Arbor in the National Premier Soccer League. Career College and Amateur Cameron grew up in New York City, atten ...

(born 1983), Jamaican-American soccer striker *

Fictional characters

* Knox, one of the characters in the Dr. Seuss book ''

Fox in Socks ''Fox in Socks'' is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox (an anthropomorphic fox) who speaks almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters and Knox (a yellow anthropomorphic dog) who ...

'' (1965) * Knox Overstreet, a character in the film ''

Dead Poets Society ''Dead Poets Society'' is a 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir, written by Tom Schulman, and starring Robin Williams. Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative boarding school Welton Academy, it tells the story of an English t ...

'' (1989) * Florence Mccarthy ("Flurry") Knox, the protagonist's landlord and a key figure in the

Somerville and Ross Somerville and Ross (Edith Somerville and Violet Florence Martin, writing under the name Martin Ross) were an Anglo-Irish writing team, perhaps most famous for their series of books that were made into the TV series ''The Irish R.M.''. The tel ...

books * Eric Knox, founder of Knox Enterprises, played by Sam Rockwell, a key character in the film ''

Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...

'' (2000)

Other uses

Knox Bible ''The Holy Bible: A Translation From the Latin Vulgate in the Light of the Hebrew and Greek Originals'' is a Catholic version of the Bible in three volumes (later published in one volume editions) translated by Monsignor Ronald Knox, the English ...

(Knox's Translation of the Vulgate), a 1950 twentieth century translation of the Bible by Msgr. Ronald Knox *

, a small, wall-mounted safe that holds building keys for firefighters to retrieve in emergencies * Knox gelatin, a brand of gelatin now marketed by Kraft Foods *

Henry Knox Trail The Henry Knox Trail, also known as the Knox Cannon Trail, is a network of roads and paths that traces the route of Colonel Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" from Crown Point to the Continental Army camp outside Boston, Massachusetts early ...

, marking the Historic path of Colonel

Henry Knox Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806), a Founding Father of the United States, was a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns. Following the ...

's transport of cannon during the Revolutionary war. *

Samsung Knox Samsung Knox is a proprietary security and management framework pre-installed on most Samsung mobile devices. Its primary purpose is to provide organizations with a toolset for managing work devices, such as employee mobile phones or interactive ...

, an enterprise mobile security solution