Knox Mills, Wisconsin

Knox Mills, Wisconsin
Ghost town
Knox Mills, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 90°06′46″W / 45.50000°N 90.11278°W / 45.50000; -90.11278Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 90°06′46″W / 45.50000°N 90.11278°W / 45.50000; -90.11278
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Price

Knox Mills is a ghost town in the town of Knox, in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1] The community was located on Old Mill Road, near Knox Creek, just off of County Highway D, between the unincorporated communities of Brantwood and Spirit.^[2]

History

Knox Mills was founded by the brothers William H. and Samuel G. Knox to be used as a company town for their lumber business. The Knox Brothers had an agreement with Wisconsin Central Railroad to put a railroad spur in for their lumber business. In 1931, the railroad spur was removed due to the declining lumber business. In 1975, the cheese factory closed.^[3]

Notes

Municipalities and communities of Price County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Phillips

Cities	Park Falls Phillips

Villages	Catawba Kennan Prentice

Towns	Catawba Eisenstein Elk Emery Fifield Flambeau Georgetown Hackett Harmony Hill Kennan Knox Lake Ogema Prentice Spirit Worcester

CDP	Ogema

Unincorporated communities	Brantwood Clifford‡ Cranberry Lake Dover Fifield Lugerville Pennington Spirit Worcester

Ghost towns	Coolidge Kaiser Kennedy Knox Mills

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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