| Kototine | See Little River. |
| Kross Keys | community in S Polk County. Settled about 1900. Named by Greenberry Sanders because of keylike intersection of roads at the site. |
| Krunkleton Knob | S Burke County. Alt. 2,600. |
| Ku-wa-hi | See Clingmans Dome. |
| Kuhns | community in W Carteret County. Named for William Kuhn, native of Germany and later a resident of the Stella community who engaged in lumbering along the White Oak River. |
| Kullaughee Valley | See Cullowhee. |
| Kure Beach | town in SE New Hanover County on the Atlantic Ocean. Inc. 1947. Named for the Kure family, which first settled there in 1867. Alt. 5. |
| Kurfees | See Jericho. |
| Kuykendall Branch | rises in N Buncombe County near the Madison county line and flows SW into French Broad River. |
| Kuykendall Creek | rises in W central Transylvania County and flows SE and SW into Catheys Creek. |