Ramseytown:

Mining was started in the Knoxdale area and that in conjunction with the Shawmut railroad access to the area created a boom in the economy. The boom town was >Ramseytown which was 2 miles west of Knoxdale. In 1865 there were 637 people in Knox Township, by World War 1 the population was over 2000. The mining company imported many workmen, predominantly Catholics of Italian, Slavish, and Polish descent. Ramseytown was the largest town in the area until after WWI when the mines began to shut down. Ramseytown is but a shadow consisting of only a scattering of homes where the thriving town once stood. The population of Knox township diminished to that of the 1890's or so but Knoxdale still thrives as a community since the mining boom did not over-inflate it.