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Knox County is a county located in the U.S. state of . The population was 500,669 as of a 2023 estimate, making it the third-most populous county in Tennessee.
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  • Type: County with 479,000 residents
  • Description: county in Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Knox County”, “Knox County, Tennessee”, and “Knox County, TN”

Places of Interest

Highlights include University of Tennessee and Masonic Temple.

University
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The , Knoxville is a public land-grant research university in , United States. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the system, with 14 colleges.

Church
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A or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets. may also refer to an abstract spiritual goal and the conceptual ritualistic space of a meeting.

Stadium
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is a sports stadium in , United States. It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, but is also used to host large conventions and has been a site for several National Football League exhibition games.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knoxville and Old North Knoxville.

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, in Knox County, is the third-largest city in . It is the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus and site of the 1982 World's Fair.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in , United States, located just north of the city's downtown area. Initially established as the town of North Knoxville in 1889, the area was a prominent suburb for Knoxville's upper middle and professional classes until the 1950s.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in , United States, located off Magnolia Avenue east of the city's downtown area. Developed as a streetcar suburb for Knoxville's professional class in the 1890s, the neighborhood was incorporated as the separate city of Park City in 1907, and annexed by Knoxville in 1917.

Knox

Latitude
35.986° or 35° 59′ 10″ north
Longitude
-83.9376° or 83° 56′ 15″ west
Population
479,000
Elevation
965 feet (294 metres)
Open location code
867RX3P6+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316993987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4634931
Wiki­data ID
Q495003
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Knox” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Knox County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كنوكس”
  • Armenian: “Նոքս շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Knox”
  • Basque: “Knox konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Knox County, Tennessee”
  • Bavarian: “Knox County”
  • Belarusian: “Нокс”
  • Bishnupriya: “কক্স কাউন্টি, টেনেসি”
  • Bishnupriya: “কক্স কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Нокс”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Knox”
  • Cebuano: “Knox County”
  • Chechen: “Нокс (гуо, Теннесси)”
  • Chechen: “Нокс”
  • Chinese: “Knox Kūn”
  • Chinese: “诺克斯县”
  • Chinese: “諾克斯縣”
  • Corsican: “cuntea di Knox (Tennessee)”
  • Corsican: “cuntea di Knox”
  • Czech: “Knox County”
  • Dutch: “Knox County”
  • Finnish: “Knoxin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Knox”
  • French: “Comté de Knox”
  • Georgian: “ნოქსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Knox County”
  • Gilaki: “ناکس ٚ شأرستان (تنسي)”
  • Gilaki: “ناکس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Νοξ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז נוקס”
  • Hungarian: “Knox megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Knox, Tennessee”
  • Irish: “Contae Knox”
  • Italian: “contea di Knox”
  • Italian: “Contea di Knox”
  • Japanese: “ノックス郡”
  • Korean: “녹스군”
  • Latin: “Knox Comitatus (Tennesia)”
  • Latin: “Knox Comitatus”
  • Lithuanian: “Nokso apygarda”
  • Low German: “Knox County”
  • Mazanderani: “ناکس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Knox Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Knox Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knox County i Tennessee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knox County”
  • Norwegian: “Knox County”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cnoccssċīr on Tanasīum”
  • Ossetian: “Нокс”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ناکس، تنسی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ناکس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Knox”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Knox”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Knox, Tennessee”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Knox”
  • Russian: “Нокс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Knox”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Knox County”
  • Serbian: “Knox County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Нокс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Knox County, Tennessee”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Knox County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ناکس بؤلگه‌سی، تنسی”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Knox (Tennessee)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Knox”
  • Swedish: “Knox County, Tennessee”
  • Swedish: “Knox County”
  • Tatar: “Нокс (округ, Теннесси)”
  • Tatar: “Нокс”
  • Turkish: “Knox County, Tenn.”
  • Turkish: “Knox County, Tennessee”
  • Turkish: “Knox County, TN”
  • Turkish: “Knox County”
  • Turkish: “Knox ilçesi, Tenn.”
  • Turkish: “Knox ilçesi, Tennessee”
  • Turkish: “Knox ilçesi, TN”
  • Turkish: “Knox ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Нокс”
  • Urdu: “کنو کاؤنٹی، ٹینیسی”
  • Urdu: “کنو کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Knox”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Knox, Tennessee”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Knox”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Knox, Tennessee”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Knox”
  • Welsh: “Knox County, Tennessee”
  • Welsh: “Knox County”
  • Western Frisian: “Knox County (Tennessee)”
  • Western Frisian: “Knox County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ناکس کاؤنٹی، ٹینیسی”
  • Western Panjabi: “ناکس کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Knox”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Coster Yards and Happy Holler.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Central Assembly of God Church and North Knoxville Baptist Church.

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