Joe Knetsch

Joe Knetsch is an American historian and author. In 2019 his book of essays about the history of Tallahassee, Florida and its surroundings was published.

Knetsch has a B.S. from Western Michigan University, an M.A. from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. from Florida State University. He has taught at the secondary and collegiate levels, and worked as a historian for the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Natural Resources. The University of South Florida has a collection of his papers.

Knetsch has written papers on the history of surveying and various aspects of Florida's history and landscape. He has written about Hamilton Disston. He has also written about Pembroke Pines and the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. He translated an 1856 letter from Smith Mowry to Jefferson Davis about Indian Key, Florida.

Knetsch lives in Tallassee with his wife Linda.

An H-Net review of his book on the Seminole Wars lauded the images, maps, and diagrams he included.