About Knox County, Ohio
Educational Opportunities
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Additional Resources
Libraries and Museums
Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
201 North Mulberry Street
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740.392.8671
Hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM-9 PM; Saturday 9 AM-5 PM
Knox County Historical Society and Museum
997 Harcourt Road
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740.393.5247
Hours: Tuesday 2-4 PM; Wednesday 6-8 PM; Friday-Sunday 2-4 PM
Knox County Agricultural Museum
Knox County Fairgrounds,
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740.397.1423 or 740.397.1225
Hours: By appointment
Fredericktown Historical Society Museum
11 East Sandusky Street
Fredericktown, OH 43019
740.694.8891 or 740.694.2453
201 North Mulberry Street
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740.392.8671
Hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM-9 PM; Saturday 9 AM-5 PM
Knox County Historical Society and Museum
997 Harcourt Road
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740.393.5247
Hours: Tuesday 2-4 PM; Wednesday 6-8 PM; Friday-Sunday 2-4 PM
Knox County Agricultural Museum
Knox County Fairgrounds,
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740.397.1423 or 740.397.1225
Hours: By appointment
Fredericktown Historical Society Museum
11 East Sandusky Street
Fredericktown, OH 43019
740.694.8891 or 740.694.2453
Published Works
COUNTY HISTORIES
N. N. Hill, Jr., History of Knox County, Ohio (Mount Vernon, OH: A. A. Graham and Co., 1881)
Frederick N. Lorey, History of Knox County, Ohio, 1876-1976. (Mount Vernon, OH: Knox County Historical Society, 1976)
A. Banning Norton, History of Knox County, Ohio. (Columbus, OH: Richard Nevins, 1862)
Albert B. Williams, Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio. 2 vols. (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1912)
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
Seems Like Romance to Me: Ohio Fiddle Traditions. Phonograph record and booklet, GFS-901 (Gambier, OH: Gambier Folklore Society, 1985)
David N. Keller, Cooper Industries, 1833-1983. (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1983)
Hans Nathan, Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962)
Howard L. Sacks and Judith Rose Sacks, Way Up North in Dixie: A Black Family’s Claim to the Confederate Anthem. (University of Illinois Press, 2003 [1993])
Lorle Porter, Politics and Peril: Mount Vernon, Ohio in the Nineteenth Century (Zanesville, OH: New Concord Press, 2005)
Howard L. Sacks, “From the Barn to the Bowery and Back Again: Musical Routes in Rural Ohio, 1800-1929.” Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 116 (461): 314-338.
Howard L. Sacks, “Cork and Community: Postwar Blackface Minstrelsy in the Rural Midwest.” Theatre Survey, Vol. 41 (2): 23-50.
N. N. Hill, Jr., History of Knox County, Ohio (Mount Vernon, OH: A. A. Graham and Co., 1881)
Frederick N. Lorey, History of Knox County, Ohio, 1876-1976. (Mount Vernon, OH: Knox County Historical Society, 1976)
A. Banning Norton, History of Knox County, Ohio. (Columbus, OH: Richard Nevins, 1862)
Albert B. Williams, Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio. 2 vols. (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1912)
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
Seems Like Romance to Me: Ohio Fiddle Traditions. Phonograph record and booklet, GFS-901 (Gambier, OH: Gambier Folklore Society, 1985)
David N. Keller, Cooper Industries, 1833-1983. (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1983)
Hans Nathan, Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962)
Howard L. Sacks and Judith Rose Sacks, Way Up North in Dixie: A Black Family’s Claim to the Confederate Anthem. (University of Illinois Press, 2003 [1993])
Lorle Porter, Politics and Peril: Mount Vernon, Ohio in the Nineteenth Century (Zanesville, OH: New Concord Press, 2005)
Howard L. Sacks, “From the Barn to the Bowery and Back Again: Musical Routes in Rural Ohio, 1800-1929.” Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 116 (461): 314-338.
Howard L. Sacks, “Cork and Community: Postwar Blackface Minstrelsy in the Rural Midwest.” Theatre Survey, Vol. 41 (2): 23-50.
Web Resources
GENERAL INFORMATION
U.S. Census Bureau –
Knox County population estimates, economic data, and business patterns
The Ohio State University Extension --
Knox County agriculture, natural resources and environment, family life, and Extension activities
Mount Vernon News –
a daily newspaper covering county and regional events
COUNTY RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Knox County Genealogy –
genealogical data and resources
The Political Graveyard –
Knox County political history, cemeteries and memorial sites
NAMI of Knox County –
mental illness information and support activities
Site Selection –
Knox County editorial survey of local economic development opportunities
U.S. Census Bureau –
Knox County population estimates, economic data, and business patterns
The Ohio State University Extension --
Knox County agriculture, natural resources and environment, family life, and Extension activities
Mount Vernon News –
a daily newspaper covering county and regional events
COUNTY RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Knox County Genealogy –
genealogical data and resources
The Political Graveyard –
Knox County political history, cemeteries and memorial sites
NAMI of Knox County –
mental illness information and support activities
Site Selection –
Knox County editorial survey of local economic development opportunities