A – Theophilus “Hard” Knox, early pioneer known for his toughness in adversity.
B – John Knox, the Scottish Presbyterian theologian whose influence here was strong.
C – Henry Knox, Revolutionary War artillery commander and Washington’s Secretary of War.
D – Rose Knox, creator of Knox Gelatin, which was especially popular here.
E – It’s a variant of Nox, Latin for night, because it was the first American county founded after sundown.
Answer – C
Our county was named it for President Washington’s secretary of war, Henry Knox, presumably because his office supervised the new nation’s frontier territories, at a time when the Southwest Territory bordered on both potentially hostile Spanish colonies and Native American lands.
