Knox
Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 49,967. Its county seat is Galesburg. Knox County comprises the Galesburg micropolitan area, anchored by the city of Galesburg.
Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain.- Type: county of Illinois with 52,900 residents
- Description: county in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Knox County”, “Knox County i Illinois”, “Knox County, IL”, “Knox County, Ill.”, “Knox County, Illinois”, “Knox ilçesi, IL”, “Knox ilçesi, Ill.”, “Knox ilçesi, Illinois”, “okres Knox”, “Okrožje Knox”, and “مقاطعه نوكس، إلينوي”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knoxville.
Knoxville
Village
Knox
- Location: Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.9318° or 40° 55′ 55″ north
Longitude
-90.2133° or 90° 12′ 48″ west
Population
52,900
Elevation
686 feet (209 metres)
Open location code
86GFWQJP+PM
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Knox” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Knox County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة نوكس”
- Armenian: “Նոկս շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Knox”
- Basque: “Knox konderria”
- Bavarian: “Knox County, Illinois”
- Bavarian: “Knox County”
- Bishnupriya: “কক্স কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
- Bishnupriya: “কক্স কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Нокс”
- Catalan: “comtat de Knox”
- Cebuano: “Knox County”
- Chechen: “Нокс (гуо, Иллинойс)”
- Chechen: “Нокс”
- Chinese: “諾克斯縣”
- Chinese: “諾克斯郡”
- Chinese: “诺克斯县”
- Czech: “Knox County”
- Dutch: “Knox County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Knox”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Knox”
- Estonian: “Knoxi maakond”
- Finnish: “Knoxin piirikunta”
- French: “comté de Knox”
- French: “Comté de Knox”
- Georgian: “ნოქსის ოლქი”
- German: “Knox County”
- Gilaki: “ناکس ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “ناکس ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Νοξ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז נוקס”
- Hungarian: “Knox megye”
- Irish: “Contae Knox”
- Italian: “contea di Knox”
- Italian: “Contea di Knox”
- Japanese: “ノックス郡”
- Korean: “녹스군”
- Latin: “Knox Comitatus”
- Low German: “Knox County”
- Malayalam: “നോക്സ് കൗണ്ടി”
- Mazanderani: “ناکس شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “ناکس شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Knox Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Knox Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Knox County”
- Norwegian: “Knox County”
- Persian: “شهرستان ناکس، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “شهرستان ناکس”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Knox”
- Portuguese: “condado de Knox”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Knox”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Knox, Illinois”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Knox”
- Russian: “Нокс”
- Sardinian: “contea de Knox”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Knox County”
- Serbian: “Округ Нокс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Knox County, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Knox County”
- Slovenian: “Knox County”
- South Azerbaijani: “ناکس بؤلگهسی، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “condado de Knox”
- Spanish: “Condado de Knox”
- Swedish: “Knox County, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Knox County”
- Tatar: “Нокс (округ, Иллинойс)”
- Tatar: “Нокс”
- Turkish: “Knox County, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Knox ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Нокс”
- Urdu: “کنو کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “کنو کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Knox”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Knox, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Knox”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Knox, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Knox”
- Welsh: “Knox County, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Knox County”
- Western Panjabi: “ناکس کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
- Western Panjabi: “ناکس کاؤنٹی”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Knox and Appleton.
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