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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

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Place Description
Killets Creek

rises in central Moore County and flows N into McLendons Creek. Named for William Killet, who settled in the area about 1766.
Killian Branch

rises near Killian Knob in central Buncombe County and flows SE into Beaverdam Creek. Probably named for Daniel Killian, friend and host of Bishop Francis Asbury in his travels, 1803.
Killian Knob

central Buncombe County near Gooch Peak N of Asheville.
Killians Creek

rises in S Catawba County and flows S through E Lincoln County and into NE Gaston County, where it joins Leepers Creek in forming Dutchmans Creek. Appears as Killings Creek on the Collet map, 1770.
Killings Creek

See Killians Creek.
Killpecker Ridge

NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending SE from Jenkins Trail Ridge.
Killquick

See Lawrence.
Kilmer Memorial Forest

See Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.
Kimbolton

community in N Chatham County served by post office, 1859-1923.
Kimesville

community in W Alamance and E Guilford Counties. Settled about 1745; a mill there dates from about 1788. Named for the Keim (Kime) family, a pioneer German family in the area.