174 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Keokuk; county, and city in Lee County, in Iowa, named for an Indian chief, the 
word meaning "running fox" or "watchful fox." 
Keosauqua; town in Van Buren county, Iowa. An Indian word meaning "great 
bend," so named for a bend in the Des Moines River. 
Keota; town in Keokuk, County, Iowa. An Indian word meaning either "gone to 
visit" or "the fire is gone out." 
Kern; county, city in same county, and river in California, named for three brothers. 
Kernersville; town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
citizen. 
(Kerr; county in Texas; 
Kerrville; town in Kerr County, Texas. Named for James Kerr, a prominent early 
settler. 
Kershaw; county, and town in Lancaster County, in South Carolina, named for the 
Kershaw family, early settlers. 
Keshena; town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, named for an Indian chief, the 
word meaning "swift flying." 
Keswick; town in Shasta County, California, named by English mine owners from 
the city in England. 
Ketchum; precinct in Blaine County, Idaho, named for David Ketchum, a pioneer 
settler. 
Ketten Chow; valley in California. An Indian name meaning "cammas valley." 
Kewanee; township and city in Henry County, Illinois. An Indian word, same as 
kevmunee. 
Kewaskum; village in Washington County, Wisconsin, named for an old Indian 
chief, the word meaning "returning track." 
Kewaunee; county, city in same county, and river in Wisconsin. An Indian word 
meaning "prairie hen" or "wild duck;" or, according to another authority, 
"to go around." 
Keweenaw; county in Michigan; the vicinity was so named by the Indians because 
of the point of land which projects into Lake Superior; the word means "canoe 
carried back," "carrying place," hence, a portage. 
Keyapaha; county and river in Nebraska. A Sioux Indian word meaning " turtle 
hills. 
Keyser; town in Moore County, North Carolina, named for a prominent citizen. 
Keyser; town in Mineral County, West Virginia, named for an officer of the Balti- 
more and Ohio Railroad. 
Keystone; towns in Wells County, Indiana, and Dickey County, North Dakota, 
named by its Pennsylvania settlers for the Keystone State. 
Keytesville; city in Chariton County, Missouri, named for Rev. Keyte, an early 
settler. 
Key "West; city on Thompsons Island, or Bone Key, Monroe County, Florida, 
named for its location on one of the most westerly keys. Bone Key is a trans- 
lation of the Spanish, cayo hueso, meaning "bone reef," so named because of 
the bones found upon the island. 
Kezar; village in Gunnison County, Colorado, named for Gardner H. Kezar. 
Kezar; ponds in Oxford County, Maine, named for an old hunter. 
Khartoum; town in San Bernardino County, named from the city in Egypt. 
Kickapoo; town in Peoria County, Illinois, township in Leavenworth County, 
Kansas, town in Anderson County, Texas, and river in Wisconsin, named from 
an Indian tribe. 
Kidder; village in Caldwell County, Missouri, named from the Kidder Land Com- 
pany, of Boston, who laid out the town. 
Kidder; county in North Dakota, named for Hon. Jefferson P. Kidder, prominent 
in the State's political affairs. 
