List of American Places Named After People - K

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• Kanawyers, California – Peter Apoleon Kanawyer (founder)
• Karlo, California – Frank De Carlow (early settler)
• Karnes City, Texas – Henry Karnes (Texas patriot)
• Kasson, California – Amasa C. Kasson (investor in the site)
• Keene, California – James R. Keene (financier)
• Keene, New Hampshire – Sir Benjamin Keene (English minister to Spain and West Indies trader)
• Keenesburg, Colorado – Les Keene (settler)
• Keizer, Oregon – Thomas Dove Keizur
• Kellogg, Idaho – Noah Kellogg (prospector)
• Kelsey, California – Benjamin Kelsey (founder)
• Kelso, California – Napoleon B. Kelso (first postmaster)
• Kenedy, Texas – Mifflin Kenedy (rancher, steamboat owner and railroad investor)
• Kensington, New Hampshire – Baron Kensington (owner of Kensington Palace in London)
• Kent, Ohio – Marvin Kent
• Kentfield, California – Albert Emmet Kent (landowner)
• Keough Hot Springs, California – Philip P. Keough (resort owner)
• Kerman, California – W.G. Kerckhoff and Jacob Mansar (promoters)
• Kettleman City, California – Dave Kettleman (early rancher)
• Keyesville, California – Richard M. Keyes (gold discoverer in Kern County)
• Kiester, Minnesota – Jacob Kiester (county historian)
• Kimball, South Dakota – J.W. Kimball (surveyor)
• King City, California – Charles King (founder)
• King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – After a local tavern named after Frederick II of Prussia
• Kingfield, Maine – William King (future governor of Maine)
• Kingsbury Plantation, Maine – Judge Sanford Kingsbury (landowner)
• Kingsville, Texas – Captain Richard King (owner of the King Ranch)
• Kirbyville, Texas – John Henry Kirby (lumber businessman)
• Kirkwood, California – Zack Kirkwood (rancher and early settler)
• Kirtland, Ohio – Turhand Kirtland (principal of the Connecticut Land Company)
• Kiryas Joel, New York – Joel Teitelbaum (rabbi of Satmar)
• Kit Carson, California and Kit Carson, Colorado – Kit Carson
• Kneeland, California – John A. and Tom Kneeland (first settlers)
• Knights Landing, California – Dr. William Knight (early settler)
• Knightsen, California – George W. Knight (town founder) and his wife Christina Christensen
• Knowles, California – F.E. Knowles (granite quarry owner)
• Knox, Maine – General Henry Knox
• Knoxville, California – Ranar B. Knox, first postmaster
• Knoxville, Tennessee – Henry Knox
• Kosciusko, Mississippi – Tadeusz Kościuszko
• Kossuth, Mississippi – Lajos Kossuth
• Kotzebue, Alaska – Otto von Kotzebue
• Kountze, Texas – Herman and Augustus Kountze (financial backers of the Sabine and East Texas Railroad)
• Kranzburg, South Dakota – Nicholas Friedrich Wilhelm, Johann, Mathais, and Paul Ferdinand Kranz (settlers)
• Kyle, Texas – Captain Fergus Kyle (founder)