This is an accepted version of this page Knob Noster /ˈnɒb ˈnɒstər/ is a city in Johnson County, Missouri, United States.

It is located adjacent to and closely associated with Whiteman Air Force Base.

[4] The community, in the eastern part of Washington Township, was laid out in 1856 by William A. Wortham, and incorporated by act of legislature December 14, 1859.

The second part of the name is said to have been suggested by a school teacher, but its origin is uncertain[citation needed].

Surveyor and educator David Wolfe Eaton derived it from the Latin, interpreting the whole name as "Our Knobs".

[4] The town was removed to its present site when the Pacific Railroad was built.

[6] Knob Noster is located along U.S. Route 50 approximately nine miles east of Warrensburg.

31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[12] Knob Noster was mentioned in the 1983 American television movie The Day After.