Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Kinston |
city and county seat, E Lenoir County on Neuse River. Site granted to Robert Atkins in 1729 and came to be known as Atkins Bank. A chapel erected there about 1748, and a tobacco warehouse built about 1757. Est. 1762 as Kingston in honor of King George III. Renamed Kinston, 1784, after the American Revolution. Name changed to Caswell in honor of Governor Richard Caswell in 1833, but changed back to Kinston the following year. Lenoir County Community College, est. 1966, is there. Alt. 44. |
| Kinston Township |
E central Lenoir County. |
| Kinton Forks |
community in N Granville County. |
| Kip |
community in central Rockingham County served by post office, 1900-1902. |
| Kipland |
See Kipling. |
| Kipling |
community in N central Harnett County. Known as Bradley's Store in late nineteenth century. Railroad timetable of 1907 lists it as Kipland. |
| Kirby |
See Conway. |
| Kirby Branch |
rises in NW Watauga County on the SE prong of Fork Ridge and flows approx. 1½ mi. SE into Cove Creek. |
| Kirby Grange |
plantation of Christopher Gale, appointed in 1712 as the first chief justice of North Carolina; stood near Bath, central Beaufort County. |
| Kirby Knob |
on the Jackson-Macon county line. Alt. 4,410. |