gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 175 
Kidron; town in Coweta County, Georgia, named from the brook near Jerusalem. 
Kilbourn City; village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, named for Byron Kilbourn, 
a pioneer. 
fKilbuck; town in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; 
iKillbuck; town in Wayne County, Ohio. Named for a chief of theDelaware Indians. 
Kildare; township in Juneau County, Wisconsin, named from the town in Ireland. 
Kilkenny; village in Lesueur County, Minnesota, named from the town in Ireland. 
Killing-worth; town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, intended by its Scotch 
settlers to be named Kenil worth, but, by the mistake of the clerk of the court, 
named as above. 
Kilmarnock; town in Lancaster County, Virginia, named from the town in Scotland. 
Kimball; county in Nebraska, named for John P. Kimball. 
Kimball; township and city in Brule County, South Dakota, named for F. W. Kim- 
ball, chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad. 
Kimble; county in Texas, named for George C. Kimble, an early settler. 
Kimbolton; village in Guernsey County, Ohio, named from the town in England. 
Kincaid; city in Anderson County, Kansas, named for Robert Kincaid, of Mound 
City. 
Kinderhook; town in Columbia County, New York. The Anglicized form of 
kinder hoeck, the name given the place by Henry Hudson, meaning "children's 
point," on account of the many Indian children. 
Kineo; mountain in Maine. An Indian word, meaning "high bluff." 
King-; peak in Humboldt County, California, named for Captain King, of the United 
States Army. 
King; county in Texas, named for William King, a prominent citizen. 
King-; county in Washington, named for William Rufus King, former Vice-President 
of the United States. 
King- and Q,ueen; county in Virginia, founded in 1691, and named for William and 
Mary, of England. 
Kingfisher; county in Oklahoma; so named on account of the great number of 
birds of this species which live on the banks of Kingfisher Creek within the 
county. 
King George; county in Virginia, named for King George I of England. 
Kingman; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, named for Chief Justice S. 
A. Kingman. 
Kingman; town in Penobscot County, Maine, named for R. S. Kingman. 
Kingman; pass in Yellowstone Park, named for Lieut. D. C. Kingman, United 
States Army. 
Kings; peak in Humboldt County, California, named for Captain King. 
Kings; county in New York, named for the Stuart dynasty. 
Kingsbury; plantation in Piscataquis County, Maine, named for Hon. Sanford 
Kingsbury, of Gardiner. 
Kingsbury; county in South Dakota, named for C. W. Kingsbury, an early legislator. 
Kingsley; town in Plymouth County, Iowa, named for Hon. J. T. Kingsley, a 
prominent railroad official. 
Kingsley; village in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, named for Judson Kings- 
ley, who gave the site for the railway depot. 
Kingston; town in Barton County, Georgia, named for .1. P. King, of Augusta. 
Kingston; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, named for Evelyn Pierre- 
pont, first Duke of Kingston. 
Kingston; village in Tuscola County, Michigan, named for two families, King and 
Kingsbury. 
Kingston; city in Caldwell County, Missouri, named for an early governor, Austin 
A. King. 
