| Kenansville | town and county seat, central Duplin County. Authorized to be laid out 1816; inc. 1852. Alt. 127. Named for Gen. James Kenan (1740-1810), member of Provincial Congress and Revolutionary officer. Site once known as Grovemont. "Goldengrove," plantation of Congressman James Gillespie, was at or near the site of Kenansville before it was laid out. Earlier Duplin Court House was approx. 2½ mi. W of present town of Warsaw on the Duplin-Sampson county line. Site of Confederate arms factory, manufacturer of swords, sabers, and accoutrements. |
| Kenansville Township | central Duplin County. |
| Kendal | community in S Wilkes County served by post office, 1895-1914. |
| Kendall Beach | community on Neuse River in SW Pamlico County. Developed after World War I by a man named Kendall. |
| Kendrick Crossroad | community in SW Mecklenburg County. |
| Kendricks Creek | rises in East Dismal Swamp, central Washington County, and flows approx. 9 mi. N into Albemarle Sound. Formerly called Mackeys Creek. The part of Kendricks Creek that is S of the town of Roper is sometimes called Mill Creek locally. |
| Kenilworth | former town in central Buncombe County. Inc. 1891; became a part of Asheville, 1905. |
| Kenly | town in E Johnston County. Settled about 1875; inc. 1887. Named for J. I. Kenly, an official of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Alt. 220. |
| Kennebec | community in S Wake County. Named for a county in Maine. |
| Kennedy Creek | central Beaufort County. A short but rather wide stream at the W limit of Washington, N.C. It flows S into Pamlico River. |