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==Geography== [[File:Knox County, Indiana - DPLA - 84941378366069a8b175b5d1ff06b454.jpg|thumb|348x348px|1875 county map]] Knox County lies on the west edge of the state; its western border abuts the eastern border of Illinois across the [[Wabash River]]. According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of {{convert|524.04|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|516.03|sqmi}} (or 98.47%) is land and {{convert|8.01|sqmi}} (or 1.53%) is water.<ref name=DP/> The county's west border is defined by the south-flowing Wabash River, and its east border is defined by the south-southwest-flowing [[White River (Indiana)|White River]]. Its southwesternmost point occurs at the confluence of the two rivers, near [[Mount Carmel, Illinois]]. The terrain consists of verdant low-rolling hills, largely devoted to agriculture.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Knox+County,+IN/@38.6613265,-87.7039409,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x886dfcec762891ed:0xbf1e4bf5314e82ca!8m2!3d38.6665815!4d-87.4207518 ''Knox County IN'' (Google Maps - accessed 6 December 2019)]</ref> Its highest points (around {{convert|620|ft|m|abbr=off|disp=x|/|sp=us}} ASL) occur in the hills midway between [[Bruceville, Indiana|Bruceville]] and [[Bicknell, Indiana|Bicknell]].<ref>[https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22982 ''Knox County High Point, Indiana'' (PeakBagger.com, accessed 20 September 2020)]</ref> ===Major highways=== {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * {{Jct|state=IN|US|41}} * {{Jct|state=IN|US|50}} * {{Jct|state=IN|US|150}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|58}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|59}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|61}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|67}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|159}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|241}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|358}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|441}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|550}} {{div col end}} ===Adjacent counties=== {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan County]] - north * [[Greene County, Indiana|Greene County]] - northeast * [[Daviess County, Indiana|Daviess County]] - east * [[Pike County, Indiana|Pike County]] - southeast * [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson County]] - south * [[Wabash County, Illinois]] - southwest * [[Lawrence County, Illinois]] - west * [[Crawford County, Illinois]] - northwest {{div col end}} ===National protected area=== * [[George Rogers Clark National Historical Park]]
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