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Knightstown High School (Indiana)

high school in Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ23017039 ↗
Source-derived summary

Knightstown High School is a high school located in Knightstown, Indiana.

About

Knightstown High School offers AP and ACP (Advanced College Project) credits.

Athletics

Knightstown High School competes in the IHSAA in the Tri-Eastern Conference. Its cheerleading squad has won the State Championship in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2012 and 2013.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Knightstown High School (Indiana)” as high school in Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Knightstown, High and School.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2004, 2005, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Knightstown, High and School providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Knightstown High School (Indiana)”, the useful work is to connect “high school in Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q23017039. Authority coordinates are 39.793, -85.542. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2012.

Critical limits

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How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Knightstown High School (Indiana)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Knightstown High School (Indiana) primary sources, Knightstown High School (Indiana) archive and Knightstown research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Knightstown High School (Indiana)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.