172 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Kamas; town in Summit County, Utah. The Indian name for Camassia esculenta, 
the root of which is used as food by the Indians of the Pacific coast. 
Kamrar; town in Hamilton County, Iowa, named for Senator Kamrar. 
Kanab; town, creek, and plateau in Kane County, Utah. A Ute Indian word, 
meaning "willow." 
Kanabec; county in Minnesota. An Indian word, meaning "snake." The usual 
Ojibway word given by these Indians to the Snake River flowing through the 
county. 
Kandiyohi; county, and town in same county in Minnesota. From the Sioux 
Indian kandi, meaning "buffalo fish," and ohi, "arrive in." 
Kane; county in Illinois, named for Elias Kent Kane, United States Senator from 
Illinois, 1824-1835. 
Kane; town in McKean County, Pennsylvania, named for a resident family. 
!Kane; county in Utah; 
Kaneville; town in Kane County, Illinois. Named for Gen. Thomas L. Kane, of 
Philadelphia. 
Kanopolis; city in Ellsworth County, Kansas. The name is a combination of Kansas 
and Centropolis, Ellsworth being the central county of the State. 
[Kansas; State of the Union, river in same State, and nation in Oklahoma; 
^Kansas City; cities in Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri. 
Named for an Indian tribe. 
Kaolin; village in Chester County, Pennsylvania, so named because of the large 
deposits of kaolin. 
Kappa; village in Woodford County, Illinois, named from the Kappa Indians. 
Karnes; county in Texas, named for Henry Karnes, an early settler and Indian 
fighter. 
Karsaootuk; stream in northern Maine. An Indian word meaning "black river," 
or "pine stream." 
Kaskaskia; town in Randolph County, Illinois, and river in the same State. An 
Indian word of unknown meaning, the name of a tribe of Illinois Indians. 
Kasota; village in Lesueur County, Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "cleared," 
"cleared off," or "sky clear from clouds." 
Kasson; village in Dodge County, Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "to use 
up." 
Katahdin; mountain in Maine. An Indian word meaning, according to different 
authorites, " highest land," " big mountain," " chief mountain." 
Katchenaha; lake in Florida, An Indian word meaning "turkey lake." 
Katellen; village in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, named for Kate Ellen 
Brodhead. 
Katonah; village in Westchester County, New York, named for an Indian chief. 
The word means "sickly." 
Kaufman; county, and city in same county, in Texas, named for David S. Kaufman, 
a former congressman. 
Kaukauna; city in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. An Indian word, which, accord- 
ing to different authorities, means "portage," "long portage," "place where 
pickerel are caught," "place of pike." 
Kay; county in Oklahoma, formerly written "K," alphabetically lettered. 
Kearney; county, and city in Buffalo County, in Nebraska, and town in Hudson 
County, New Jersey, named for Gen. Philip Kearny. 
Kearney; city in Clay County, Missouri, named for Gen. Stephen W. Kearny. 
Kearny; county in Kansas, named for Gen. Philip Kearny. 
Kearsarge; mountain in New Hampshire. An Indian word meaning "peaked 
mountain," or Jcoowas, "pointed mountain," "highest place;" another au- 
thority gives "proud" or "selfish." 
