The original area purchased for Camp Knox included the town of Stithton, which was razed to make room for the camp. Stithton was settled in the nineteenth century and was a stage and later a railroad station on the route between Louisville and Nashville. It was named for the local Stith family. Some residents of Stithton moved a few miles and founded New Stithton in 1918. This site was acquired by the army in 1942. The Stithton Post Office opened in 1874, was renamed Camp Knox in 1925, and Fort Knox in 1932. The population in 2010 exceeded 30,000.