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Kittanning; borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, located on the site of an 
Indian village. The name is corrupted from the Delaware Indian kithanne, 
meaning " greatest river." 
Kittatinny; range of hills in eastern Pennsylvania and Virginia. A Delaware 
Indian word meaning "endless hills." 
Kittitas; county in Washington, named from an Indian settlement on the banks of 
the Yakima River. The word means " shoal" in the Yakima language. 
Kittrell; town in Vance County, North Carolina, named for a prominent resident. 
Kittson; county in Minnesota, named for Norman W. Kitson, a leading pioneer of 
the State. 
Klamath; river in California, lake and county in Oregon; 
.Klamath, Falls; town in Klamath County, Oregon; named for the Indian tribe. 
Klej Grange; town in Worcester County, Maryland; the name is a combination of 
the first letters of the names of the daughters of J. W. Drexel, of New York — 
Kate, Louise, Emma, and Josephine. 
Klickitat; county in Washington, named from a tribe of Indians, the name signify- 
ing "beyond." 
Kline; town in Barnwell County, South Carolina, named for a resident. 
Kneeland; prairie in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Knife; river in North Dakota, the original French name being couteau, meaning 
"knife." 
Knightstown ; town in Henry County, Indiana, named for Jonathan Knight, United 
States engineer. 
Knightsville; town in Clay County, Indiana, named for A. W. Knight, its founder. 
Knott; county in Kentucky, named for Proctor Knott. 
Knowersville ; town in Albany County, New York, named for the Knower family. 
Knox; counties in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, county, and town in Waldo 
County, in Maine, and counties in Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. 
Knoxville; village- in Crawford County, Georgia; town in Albany County, New 
York, and city in Knox County, Tennessee; named for Gen. Henry Knox. 
Knoxville; town in Franklin County, Mississippi, named by the first settlers from 
the city in Tennessee. 
Knoxville; village in Madison County, New York, named for Herman Knox, an 
early resident. 
Knoxville; village in Steuben County, New York, and borough in Allegheny 
County, Pennsylvania, named for Chief Justice John Knox, of the supreme court. 
Konkapot; creek, rising in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for Capt. John 
Konkapot, chief of the Stockbridge Indians, about 1720. 
Kooskia; town in Idaho County, Idaho, named from the Clearwater River, whose 
Nez Perce Indian name, kooskooskee, means "small water" or V small stream." 
Korbel; town in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Kortright; town in Delaware County, New York, named for Lawrence Kortright, 
a patentee. 
Kosciusko; county in Indiana and town in Attala County, Mississippi, named for 
Tadeusz Kosciusko, a Polish patriot. 
Koshkonong; village in Oregon County, Missouri, and lake, creek, and town in 
Rock County, Wisconsin. An Indian word of doubtful meaning, possibly refer- 
ring to koshkosh, a hog. 
Kossuth; county in Iowa, plantation in Washington County, Maine, town in Alcorn 
County, Mississippi, and village in Auglaize County, Ohio, named for Louis 
Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot. 
Kotzebue; sound of Alaska, named for its discoverer, the Russian navigator, Otto 
von Kotzebue. 
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