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Place Description
Kanuga Lake

central Henderson County on Little Mud Creek. Formed about 1908. Covers 12 acres; max. depth 20 ft. Summer camp owned by the Episcopal Church. Named for prehistoric Cherokee town Ka-nu-ga, on the West Fork of Pigeon River in Haywood County. The Indian name traditionally meant "Meeting Place of Many Peoples."

Kappa

community in W Davie County. In the 1870s known as Ketchie's Mill for a mill erected on Little Creek. Post office est. 1883 in the home of W. R. Ketchie, a Lutheran minister, who gave it the name Kappa, the Greek name for the letter K Davie Academy opened there about 1908, and the name Davie Academy is also sometimes still used for the community.

Kapps Mill

community in W Surry County served by post office, 1878-1929.

Karrs Branch

rises in SW Iredell County W of Troutman and flows SW into Hicks Creek.

Katalsta Ridge

NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending S from Eagle Rock. Named for a daughter of Yonaguska, noted as a pottery maker.

Kate Gap

on the Madison County, N.C.-Cocke County, Tenn., line.

Kate Knob

S Macon County between Pine Ridge and Jones Creek.

Katesville

community in central Franklin County. Settled 1888. Named for Kate Griffin, donor of the site. Alt. 300.

Katie Creek

rises in E Macon County and flows W into Walnut Creek.

Kawana

community in SE Avery County.