History of Knox County, Ohio Its Past and Present -Containing- Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North West; A Complete History of Knox County; Its Townships, City, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, Etc.; A Record Of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Views of Its Finest Buildings; Misc. Matter; Map of the County; Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc. By N. N. Hill, Jr. 1881 1,000+ pages, illustrated ************************************************************ Digital Book CD Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View ************************************************************* Knox County was formed in 1808 from Fairfield County. The county seat is at Mt. Vernon. In 1813, Richland county was formed from part of Knox county; and, in 1848, part of Morrow county was formed from part of Knox county. In May, 1808, Knox county was divided into four townships (Wayne, Clinton, Morgan, and Union). Wayne township embraced all of Franklin and Chester -- and they are now in Morrow County -- and Middlebury, Berlin, Wayne and the north half of Morris. Clinton township included Bloomfield, now in Morrow county, Liberty, the north half of Pleasant, Monroe, Pike, and the south half of Morris. Union township embraced Brown, Jefferson, Union, Howard, Butler, Jackson, three-fourths of Harrison and east half of Clay. Morgan township embraced the west half of Clay, southwest quarter of Harrison, south half of Pleasant, and all of Morgan, Miller, Milford, and Hilliar In 1812, all of Knox county was considered 'Military Lands' except portions of what are now Middlebury, Berlin and Pike townships. These lands were set aside for soldiers from the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812… Also note that all townships were formed (without names) by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787; subsequent changes were written in reference to the already numbered and plotted townships, rather than to the later named townships. City -Mount Vernon Villages – Centerburg, Danville, Fredericktown, Gambier, Gann, Martinsburg, Utica Townships – Berlin, Brown, Butler, Clay, Clinton, College, Harrison, Hilliar, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Liberty, Middlebury, Milford, Miller. Monroe. Morgan. Morris. Pike, Pleasant, Union, Wayne Unincorporated communities – Bangs, Bladensburg, Howard, Mount Liberty