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Name County Date Also Named
Kabletown Jefferson 1833    
Kalamazoo Barbour 1860    
Kale Mercer 1933    
Kanawha Kanawha 1909-1920 Also Black Hawk ? Across River ?
Kanawha Wood 1860    
Kanawha & Michigan Junction Mason 1911-1920    
Kanawha City Kanawha 1868 Later Became St. Albans. Formerly Coalsmounth
Kanawha City Kanawha     Now Part of Charleston
Kanawha Court House Kanawha 1801-1879 Now Charleston 1835
Kanawha Drive Gilmer 1976    
Kanawha Falls Fayette 1856 Also Named Falls of Kanawha
Kanawha Head Uphsur 1879 Also Named Haymondsville
Kanawha Saline (s) Kanawha 1817-1879 Malden 1855 of Terra Salis 1835
Kanawha Siding Wood 1920    
Kanawha Station Wood 1868-1935    
Kanes Creek Preston 1920    
Karl Braxton 1920    
Karl Siding Braxton 1911-1933    
Karn Mineral 1920    
Karn Monroe 1891-1920    
Kasson Barbour 1861 Part of Preston County prior 1862. Also Preston 1867. Danville 1882. P.O. 1862
Kates Rock Marshall 1920    
Kathryn Fayette 1930 Post Office at Hemlock
Katy Marion 1911    
Katyslick Harrison 1911 Also Spelled Katy (s) Lick
Katy Station Marion 1920    
Kausooth Marshall 1891    
Kawls Creek (Knawls ?) Braxton 1875    
Kayford Kanawha 1907    
Kay Moor Fayette 1907-1935    
Kay Moor No. 1 Fayette 1976    
Kearneysville Jefferson 1875    
Kedron Upshur 1891    
Keely Run     1935    
Keenan Monroe 1891    
Keeney's Creek Fayette 1894    
Keeptryst Furnace Jefferson 1875    
Kegley Mercer 1907 Also Clover Bottom 1882
Kegley Station Mercer 1933    
Keister Greenbrier 1911-1935    
Keith Fayette 1900-1920    
Keith Boone 1930    
Keim Randolph 1907-1920    
Kelcol Boone 1930    
Kellar Wood 1911-1935    
Keller Jefferson 1891-1935 Became Engle c. 1910
Kelley Doddridge ?        
Kelleys Cabell 1911-1920    
Kelley's Hampshire 1832-1838 Name Change Claysville. Kelly's 1835-1837
Kelly's Creek Monroe 1907    
Kell(e)ysville Mercer 1911    
Kellogg Wayne 1891-1935    
Kelly Lewis 1920    
Kelly Logan 1967    
Kemper Lewis 1907-1935    
Kemperville Lewis 1891-1894    
Kempton Grant 1935    
Kempton Junction Grant 1920-1935    
Kempton Station Grant 1920    
Kendalia Kanawha 1883    
Kendalia Station Kanawha 1920    
Kendall Marshall 1841-43    
Kendall's Mills Kanawha 1875    
Kendig Randolph 1911-1920    
Kenilworth Hancock 1911-1935    
Kenmore Nicholas 1918    
Kenna Jackson 1891    
Kennedy Monongalia 1920    
Kennison Pocahontas 1920-1935    
Kennon McDowell 1911-1933    
Kenova Wayne 1899    
Kent Marshall 1976    
Kent Mineral 1911    
Kenton Doddridge 1891-1905    
Kenton Furnace Kanawha 1894 ? See Charleston ?
Kentuck Jackson 1891    
Keough Wetzel 1920    
Kerens Randolph 1891    
Kermit Mingo 1907 Former Lower (Little?) Burning Creek and Warfield
Kernes (Kerens ?) Randolph 1933    
Kerneysville Jefferson 1841-1879 Kearneysville
Kerr Upshur 1907-1920    
Kerstetter Randolph 1911-1920    
Kesler's Cross Lanes Nicholas 1855 Former Cross Lanes
Kessler's Nicholas     see Kesler's Cross Lanes
Kesling Mill Upshur 1976    
Kessel Hardy 1907    
Kessler Greenbrier 1967    
Kester Roane 1891    
Kester's Mills Putnam 1894    
Ketteman's Hardy 1856-1866 Formerly in Pendleton
Ketterman Grant 1933 ? 1935 ?    
Ketterman Grant 1881 Changed into Pendleton County 1904; To Grant 1904; Back to Pendleton 1920
Kettle Roane 1891 Kanawha 1900?
Key Pendleton 1907-1935    
Keyrock Wyoming 1907    
Keyser Mineral 1874 Former Paddytown
Keys Ferry Acres Jefferson 1976    
Keystone Marion 1920-1967    
Keystone Randolph 1920    
Keystone McDowell 1898 Former Cassville and Belcher
Keystone Webster 1911    
Kia Boone 1920    
Kiahsville Wayne 1891    
Kid Gilmer 1935    
Kidtown Clay 1933    
Kidwell Tyler 1859 Also Point Pleasant 1882
Kieffer (Keiffer?) Greenbrier 1907    
Kight Randolph 1920-1935    
Kilarm Junction Marion 1911-1935    
Killarney Raleigh 1918    
Killen ?     1935    
Kilsyth Fayette 1907    
Kilsythe Junction Fayette 1920-1935    
Kimball McDowell 1907 Former Totten
Kimberley Monongalia 1933-1976    
Kimberling Mingo 1967    
Kimp Greenbrier 1935    
Kims Run Hardy 1933    
Kincaid Fayette 1881    
Kincheloe Harrison 1855 In Lewis County 1883; Mineral County 1935 ?
Kinder Lincoln 1911    
King Kanawha 1920    
King Clay 1911-1933    
King Mercer 1911-1967    
King Wetzel 1907    
Kings Crossing Marion 1935    
Kingmont Marion 1907    
Kings Mason 1911-1920    
Kingsbury Wood 1894-1920    
King (s) Creek Hancock 1911    
Kings Ferry Marion 1817-1843    
Kings Ferry Monongalia 1830-1835    
King's Landing Mason 1894    
Kingston Fayette 1918    
Kingstown Wetzel 1976    
Kingsville Randolph 1891    
Kingwood Preston Est. 1811 Monongalia ante 1819; Court House 1830
Kingwood Junction Preston 1920-1935    
Kipling Greenbrier 1920    
Kirby Hampshire 1884    
Kirbyton Boone 1935    
Kirk Mingo 1911    
Kirkwood Nicholas 1907-1935    
Kirt Barbour 1883    
Kirtley Putnam 1894    
Kister Greenbrier 1976    
Kistler         (Kisler 1933?)
Kitchen Logan 1911    
Kitsonville Lewis ?        
Kittanning Mineral 1920-1935    
Kleencoal Logan 1920-1935    
Klein Randolph 1920    
Klemeth ?     1935    
Kleybolte Kanawha 1911-1920    
Kline Pendleton 1891    
Kline Gap Grant 1976    
Klondike Randolph 1920-1935    
Klondike Monongalia 1980    
Klondike Mason 1976    
Klondike Mine Mason 1911    
Knabb Mercer 1911-1920    
Knapp Braxton 1911-1935    
Knapp's Creek Pocahontas 1835    
Knawl Braxton 1907-1935 Was in Lewis County
Knawl's Creek Braxton 1870-1896 Name Change Knawl 1894
Knickerbocker Kanawha 1920-1935    
Knight Doddridge 1884-1920    
Knob Branch Raleigh 1911-1935    
Knob Fork Wetzel 1855    
Knobley Mineral 1891-1933    
Knobley Farm Mineral 1911-1935    
Knobmount Mineral 1911-1935    
Knobs Monroe 1891    
Knollwood Kanawha 1976    
Knott's Mills Preston 1870-1879    
Knottsville Marion 1833-1843    
Knottsville Taylor 1860    
Knoxville Marshall 1879    
Kodol Wetzel 1907    
Kohlsaat Boone 1935    
Koontz Kanawha 1935 ?    
Koontz Nicholas 1935    
Koontz Fayette 1883    
Koontz Mills Monongalia 1894 See Easton
Kopp McDowell 1920    
Kopperston Wyoming 1930    
Kossuth Marshall 1857    
Kovan Webster 1918    
Krafts Wood 1920    
Krag McDowell 1920-1935    
Krebs Fayette 1920-1935 Also Coalfield
Krise Fayette 1907-1920    
Krollitz McDowell 1922    
Krout's Creek Wayne 1894    
Kuro McDowell 1911-1935    
Kyger Roane 1894-1967    
Kyle Fayette 1885-1889 Name Change Mulvane
Kyle McDowell 1891    

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