176 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Kingston; city in Ulster County, New York, named from the city in England. 
King-stree; town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina; so named because of the 
presence of a large pine tree on the bank of Black River. 
King-sville; village in Johnson County, Missouri, named for Gen. William M. King, 
who located it. 
King- William; county in Virginia, founded in 1701, and named for William III of 
England. 
Kinmans; pond in Humboldt County, California, named for Seth Kinman, an early 
settler. 
Kinmundy; township and city in Marion County, Illinois, named from Kinmundy 
in Scotland. 
Kinney; county in Texas, named for an early settler, H. L. Kinney. 
Kinnikinnick; village in Rose County, Ohio. An Indian word meaning a mixture 
of tobacco and red willow bark. 
Kinsale; village in Westmoreland County, Virginia, named from the town in 
Ireland. 
Kinsey; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Kinsley; city in Edwards County, Kansas, named for W. E. W. Kinsley, of Boston, 
Massachusetts. 
Kinsman; township in Trumbull County, Ohio, named for a pioneer family. 
Kinston; town in Lenoir County, North Carolina, named for King George III of 
England. 
Kinzua; creek in Central Pennsylvania, meaning, according to S. M. Sener, "they 
gobble," referring to the wild turkeys that congregated on its banks. 
Kiowa; county and river in Colorado, county, and city in Barber County, in Kansas, 
and county in Oklahoma. Named from the Kiowa Indian tribe. The meaning 
of the word is unknown. 
Kirkland; town in Oneida County, New York, named for Rev. Samuel Kirkland. 
Kirklin; town in Clinton County, Indiana, named for Nathan Kirk, its founder. 
Kirklin; town in Clinton County, New York, named for Martin Kirk, proprietor. 
Kirksville; city in Adair County, Missouri, named for Jesse Kirk. 
Kirkwood; village in Newcastle County, Delaware, and township in Belmont 
County, Ohio, named for Maj. Robert Kirkwood, a Revolutionary officer. 
Kirkwood; town in St. Louis County, Missouri, named for the first chief engineer 
of the Missouri Pacific Railway. 
Kirtland; township in Mahoning County, Ohio, named for Judge Turnhand 
Kirtland. 
Kirwin; city in Phillips County, Kansas, named for Col. John Kir win, of the Reg- 
ular Army. 
Kishacolquillas; creek, and village in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, named for a 
Delaware Indian chief; the meaning is said to be "the snakes are already in 
their dens." 
Kishwaukee; river and town in Winnebago County, Illinois. An Indian word 
which means "sycamore tree." 
Kiskiminitas ; township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian 
word meaning "make daylight." 
Kisnop; creek in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and the outlet of Twin Lakes in 
Salisbury, Connecticut, named for John Sconnoup, an early Dutch settler, of 
whose name Kisnop is a corruption. 
Kit Carson; county, and town in Cheyenne County, in Colorado, named for the 
Rocky Mountain guide. 
Kitsap; county in Washington, named for Kitsap, a former noted Indian chief of 
that region. 
