National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Illinois

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Illinois.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.^[1]

There are 7 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 8, 2024.^[2]

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Current listings

^[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	J. Newton Conger House	J. Newton Conger House	April 20, 1979 (#79003111)	334 N. Knox St. 41°04′33″N 90°13′41″W / 41.075833°N 90.228056°W / 41.075833; -90.228056 (J. Newton Conger House)	Oneida
2	Galesburg Historic District	Galesburg Historic District More images	November 21, 1976 (#76000715)	Roughly bounded by Berrien, Clark, Pearl, and Sanborn Sts. 40°57′07″N 90°22′09″W / 40.951944°N 90.369167°W / 40.951944; -90.369167 (Galesburg Historic District)	Galesburg
3	Knox County Courthouse and Hall of Records	Knox County Courthouse and Hall of Records More images	February 13, 1992 (#92000051)	Public Sq., Main St. 40°54′30″N 90°17′04″W / 40.908333°N 90.284444°W / 40.908333; -90.284444	Knoxville
4	Knox County Jail	Knox County Jail More images	February 13, 1992 (#92000050)	Public Sq., Market St. 40°54′31″N 90°17′07″W / 40.908694°N 90.285139°W / 40.908694; -90.285139 (Knox County Jail)	Knoxville
5	Meetinghouse of the Central Congregational Church	Meetinghouse of the Central Congregational Church	September 30, 1976 (#76000716)	Central Sq. 40°56′48″N 90°22′18″W / 40.946667°N 90.371667°W / 40.946667; -90.371667	Galesburg
6	Old Main, Knox College	Old Main, Knox College More images	October 15, 1966 (#66000323)	Knox College campus 40°56′36″N 90°22′14″W / 40.943333°N 90.370556°W / 40.943333; -90.370556 (Old Main, Knox College)	Galesburg	Charles Ulricson, architect. Site of the October 7, 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debate.
7	Walnut Grove Farm	Walnut Grove Farm	August 24, 1989 (#89001114)	Knox Station Rd., 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Knoxville 40°55′11″N 90°16′07″W / 40.919722°N 90.268611°W / 40.919722; -90.268611 (Walnut Grove Farm)	Knoxville

Former listing

^[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Wolf Covered Bridge	Upload image	December 4, 1974 (#74000763)	December 8, 1995	NW of Yates City on CR 17 over Spoon River	Yates City	Destroyed by fire in 1994.

References

^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved November 8, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

[1] The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.

[2] National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved November 8, 2024.

[NRHP_colors-3] Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.

[refnums-4] The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Knox County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Galesburg
Cities	Abingdon Galesburg Knoxville Oneida	Map of Illinois highlighting Knox County
Villages	Altona East Galesburg Henderson London Mills‡ Maquon Rio St. Augustine Victoria Wataga Williamsfield Yates City
Townships	Cedar Chestnut Copley Elba Galesburg City Galesburg Haw Creek Henderson Indian Point Knox Lynn Maquon Ontario Orange Persifer Rio Salem Sparta Truro Victoria Walnut Grove
CDPs	Gilson Oak Run
Other unincorporated communities	Centerville Columbia Heights Dahinda DeLong Douglas Elba Center Henderson Grove Hermon Knox Ontario Rapatee Saluda Soperville Trenton Corners Truro Uniontown
Ghost towns	Appleton Etherly
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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