Knox Historical Museum

The Barbourville Municipal Building, which houses the Knox Historical Museum and Genealogy Center, will remain closed until further notice.

This ongoing closure is based on the continuing COVID-19 Pandemic and the state regulations regarding limited gatherings, the wearing of face masks, and social distancing.

All contact with the museum should be in writing to the museum's post office box: Knox Historical Museum, PO Box 1446, Barbourville, KY 40906. Also, individuals can contact the museum via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The fall issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.

The summer issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.

The Knox Historical Museum has re-opened as of June 10, 2020 for the general public.

The Museum, located in City Hall, has been closed since early March due to the Governor's COVID-19 orders regarding public organizations following guidelines for museums and libraries.

Because the pandemic is still a threat, the museum will not hold extra hours during the remainder of 2020.The Museum will now be open only on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The spring issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.

The winter issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, is now available for purchase at the Museum or the Advocate, both located in Barbourville, or via the online Museum Store at knoxhistoricalmuseum.org. The cost per magazine at the museum or Advocate is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.

On July 26, 2019, Marilyn Beddow Miller, formerly of Knox County, Kentucky, submitted an old baseball team photo to the Facebook account called "Knox County History and Genealogy."

The Knox Historical Museum recently published a special double issue focusing on Knox Central High School from its beginning in 1935 to the present.

Leading Articles
THE KNOX COUNTIAN
VOLUMES 1 – 25

VOLUMES 1 – 10
1988 – 1998

Local historian Jakalyn Jackson recently provided important information about the old train depot at Cannon, including a painting of the re-imaged depot.

The lack of any known photographs of the Cannon depot prompted Ms. Jackson way back in the 1990's to interview several people in Cannon who described the appearance of the depot. These included Dorothy Mills, Reed Jackson and Mattie Jackson Marion, all of Cannon.