Knox Community Hospital history

The building was bought by KDRP on July 31, 1984, who turned it into a center for the Knox County Health Department, the Department of Human Services, and various other public and private offices.

A rollback petition was circulated, and a rollback election was held on January 17, 1987.

Administrator Stephen Kuehler, came to the District in 1990 with a vision of expanding healthcare services in Knox County.

The Knox County Health Department was created as a result of a citizen referendum in November 1992.

Greg Chance was hired as the first Public Health Administrator for the Department on April 3, 1993.

In late 1994, the Board of Health recognized that the Department had outgrown its office space located at Veterans Drive in Galesburg.

The building was bought by KDRP on July 31, 1984, who turned it into a center for the Knox County Health Department, the Department of Human Services, and various other public and private offices. It was finally sold to the Knox County Commissioners in 1996, and has served as offices for the Commissioners, Treasurer, Auditor, Board of Elections, Parks Department, and other county offices since that time.

The Department moved into the new facility located at 1361 West Fremont Street, Galesburg on May 15, 2000.

Physical Therapy was added in 2005 in an out-patient, home health, inpatient, and swing-bed basis.

2009 proved to be an exceptional time of growth with the purchase of a durable medical equipment company, Seymour Medical Supply.

In November of 2012, the Knox County Board of Health celebrated twenty years of service to the Knox County community.