| 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. |