Hamlets and Communities

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The individual Hilltowns are quite large, and transportation was difficult. Settler tended to gather together in small hamlet, villages, or communities. Each hamlet has its own history.

Know Hamlets

  • East Township - a hamlet in the northeast part of the town on Route 146.
  • hamlet of Knox - (formerly "Knoxville"), the largest hamlet in Knox, is in the central part of the town, located at the junction of State Route 156 (Berne-Altamont Road) and County Road 252 (Knox Cave Road). Beaverdam Creek flows past the hamlet.
  • Lee's Corners - now gone, existed at the corner of Beebe Road and Knox Cave Road
  • Thompson's Lake - a lake in the southeast part of the town.
  • West Berne - a hamlet at the town line in the southwest part of the town, most of which is in Berne
  • West Township - a hamlet in the northwest part of the town on Route 146.