the area in the vicinity of fishing creek and knob mountain was first settled in 1780. however, it was not until 1785 that large numbers of people traveled to the area around knob mountain. the settlers that arrived in this year primarily traveled from new jersey to the mouth of fishing creek via berwick and from the mouth of fishing creek up the creek's valley to near knob mountain. such settlement was, at the time, the northernmost non-native settlement in the fishing creek watershed. a community at the base of the mountain was built in 1822. an indian path once passed over the mountain near its eastern terminus. the susquehanna and tioga turnpike once crossed over knob mountain. a township border was once determined to be a heap of stones on the top of knob mountain.