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The History of Knox County

The first settlement of white men was June 7, 1856. This settlement was called L'eau Qui Court Company. When L'eau Qui Court Company failed, Niobrara Township Company was organized. This became the town of Niobrara. The 1856 -1857 Territorial Legislature of Nebraska created L'eau Qui Court County. Niobrara was the county seat. The 1873 State Legislature passed and act, renaming the county to Knox. In 1902 the county seat was moved to the new town of Center

The 1920 Knox County Atlas list these town and their population:

Addison, 12 Armstrong Bazile Mills, 77 Bloomfield, 1264 Center, 119 Creighton, 1373 Crofton, 610 Dukeville Herrick Jelen, 26 Knoxville LeBlanc, 5 Mars, 11 Millersboro

Morrilville Niobrara, 822 Pishelville, 16 Santee, 29 Sparta, 16 Venus, 18 Verdel, 162 Verdigris or Verdigri (Verdigre), 403 Walnut, 7 Watson, 73 Wausa, 604 Weigand Winnetoon, 220

See: An Historical Sketch of Knox County, Nebraska, 1876, By: Solomon Draper
History of Knox County, Nebraska