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Knox County

county in Tennessee, United States
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Summary

Knox County is a county of Tennessee[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of county of tennessee entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,318 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tennessee[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Knoxville[5]
  • Shares border with: Union County[6], Blount County[7], Grainger County[8], Jefferson County[9], Sevier County[10], Loudon County[11], Roane County[12], Anderson County[13]
  • Named after: Henry Knox[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Knoxville[15]
  • Headquarters location: Knoxville[16]
  • Commons category: Knox County, Tennessee[17]
  • Inception: June 11, 1792[18]
  • Coordinate location: 35.99, -83.94[19]
  • Official website: http://knoxcounty.org[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Knox County, Tennessee[21]
  • Population: 432,226[22], 433,041[23], 436,646[24], 441,132[25], 444,622[26], 451,324[27], 478,971[28]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Tennessee[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Knox County, Tennessee[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Knox County, Tennessee[31]
  • Number of households: 189,536[32]
  • Native label: Knox County[33]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110162[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Knox County, Tennessee[35]
  • Different from: Knox County[36]
  • Area: 1362[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.5[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Knox County, Tennessee[39]
  • Social media followers: 11,547[40], 10,353[41], 12,551[42], 13,071[43]

Why It Matters

Knox County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Henry Knox Tennessee United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Knox County, Tennes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Knox County, Tennessee.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00150972
    Umls cui → C3813274
    Taxonomicon id → 1807747
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  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1792-06-11T00:00:00Z
    Named after → Henry Knox
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 35.99, 'longitude': -83.94}
    Headquarters → —
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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