Encyclopedia of Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett

Author:Henry Gannett [Gannett, Henry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Geschichte
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2018-04-09T22:00:00+00:00

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Kahoka; city in Clark County, Missouri. See Cahokia.

Kaibab; plateau in Arizona. An Indian word meaning "mountain lying down."

Kalama; town in Cowlitz County, Washington, probably named from the Indian, Okala kalama, meaning "a goose."

Kalamazoo; city. river, and county in Michigan. According to one authority derived from the Indian word Negikanamazo, meaning "otter tail;" "beautiful water" and "boiling water" are other versions.

Kalispel; city in Flathead County, Montana, named for an Indian tribe.

Kamas; town in Summit County, Utah. The Indian name for root, 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. Indian word, meaning "willow."

Kanabec; county in Minnesota. An Indian word, meaning "snake."

Kanawha; river in North Carolina, river and county in West Virginia. Derived from an Indian word, meaning "river of the woods."

Kandiyohi; town and county in Minnesota. From the Indian kandi, "buffalo flesh," and lyohl, "to reach me."

Kane; county in Illinois, named for Elias Kent Kane.

Kane; county in Utah; Kaneville; town in Kane County, Illinois. Named for Gen. Thomas L. Kane, of Philadelphia.

Kankakee; county, city, and river in Illinois. An Indian word, meaning, according to different authorities, "wolf land river," "raven," or "among the meadows."

Kanopolis; city in Elsworth County, Kansas. The name is a combination of Kansas and Centropolis, Ellsworth being the central county of the State.

Kansas; State, city, and river in the same State, and city in Missouri, named for an Indian tribe of the Sioux family, or from kanosas, "willow."

Kaolin; village in Chester County, Pennsylvania, so named because of the large deposits of kaolin.

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."

Kaska; village in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word, meaning "wonderful land river."

Kaskaskia; town in Randolph County, Illinois, and river in the same State. An Indian word, meaning "bad hearts," the name of a tribe of Illinois Indians.

Kasota; village in Lesueur County, Minnesota. An Indian word, meaning "cleared," "cleared off," or "the sky clear from clouds."

Kasson; village in Dodge County, Minnesota. An Indian word, meaning "to use all up."

Katahdin; mountain in Maine. An Indian word, meaning, according to different authorities, "highest land," "big mountain," "greatest or chief mountain."

Katchenaha; lake in Florida. An Indian word, meaning "turkey lake."

Katonah; village in Westchester County, New York, named for an Indian chief.

Kaufman; city and county in Texas, named for David S. Kaufman, former Congressman.

Kaukauna; city in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. An Indian word, which, according to different authorities, means "a portage," "a long portage," "the place where pickerel are caught," "place of pike."

Kay; county in Oklahoma, formerly written "K," a letter of the alphabet.

Kearney; county in Nebraska, city in Buffalo County, same State, and town in Hudson County, New Jersey, named for (Jen. 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. Indian word, meaning "pine or peaked mountain," or koowas, "pointed mountain," "the highest place;" another authority gives, "proud or selfish.

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