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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 re ...
, a United States Army post in Kentucky **
United States Bullion Depository The United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified bank vault, 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 va ...
, 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, 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 Revolution ...
* 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Knox, Knox County, Ohio Knox is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction ...
* Knox, Vinton County, Ohio * Knox, Pennsylvania *
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, Texas * 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, Colu ...


Other places

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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 ...
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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 (183 ...
, 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 cent ...
, 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

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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 engi ...
, an American Brass Era car manufacturer *
Knox Basketball Inc Knox Raiders is a member club of the NBL1 South based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of Knox Basketball Incorporated (KBI), the major administrative basketball organisation in Melbour ...
, 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

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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 trac ...
, 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, 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 school, Independe ...
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 (Oakville) {{Infobox church , name = Knox Presbyterian Church , fullname = , image = KnoxPresbyterianChurch.jpg , imagesize = , imagelink = , imagealt = , caption ...
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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, Ottaw ...
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Knox Presbyterian Church (Toronto) Knox Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church in Canada, Presbyterian Church (building), church in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History In 1820, the first Presbyterian congregation in Toronto (then the Town of York) was formed, and aft ...
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Knox United Church (Calgary) Knox United Church is a Gothic Revival church located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is a member church of the United Church of Canada. History Knox Presbyterian Church was established in 1883 Rev. James Robertson, Superintendent of the Western ...
* Knox United Church (Scarborough), a Presbyterian Church in Scarborough, Ontario


People

* Knox (given name) * Knox (surname), 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 band the Vibrators. Biography Born in London, he spent his formative years in Cricklewood, ( North ...
(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, attende ...
(born 1983), Jamaican-American soccer striker *


Fictional characters

* Knox, one of the characters in the Dr. Seuss book '' Fox in Socks'' (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 ...
'' (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 tele ...
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 ...
'' (2000)


Other uses

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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 *
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 ...
, 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 ear ...
, 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 th ...
's transport of cannon during the Revolutionary war. * Samsung Knox, an enterprise mobile security solution


See also

* KNOX (disambiguation) *
Blaw-Knox tower The Blaw-Knox company was an American manufacturer of steel structures and construction equipment based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company is today best known for its radio towers, most of which were constructed during the 1930s in the ...
, a guyed tower for medium wave transmission *
John Knox House John Knox House, popularly known as John Knox's House, is an historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant reformer John Knox during the 16th century. Although his name became associated with the ho ...
, an historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland *
Albright–Knox Art Gallery The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, formerly known as the Albright–Knox Art Gallery, is an art museum at 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York, in Delaware Park. the museum's Elmwood Avenue campus is temporarily closed for construction. It hosted e ...
, a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art in the western New York Region *
Knox Mine disaster Knox may refer to: Places United States * Fort Knox, a United States Army post in Kentucky ** United States Bullion Depository, a high security storage facility commonly called Fort Knox * Fort Knox (Maine), a fort located on the Penobscot River ...
, a mining accident that took place near the village of Port Griffith, in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania *
Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship The Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship program is a scholarship program which funds students from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to undertake graduate study at Harvard University. The program is named after the businessman, sol ...
, fellowships affiliated with Harvard University, given in honor of Frank Knox * Knocks (disambiguation) *
Nox (disambiguation) In atmospheric chemistry, is shorthand for nitric oxide () and nitrogen dioxide (), the nitrogen oxides that are most relevant for air pollution. These gases contribute to the formation of smog and acid rain, as well as affecting tropos ...
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