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Place Description
Kilby Cove

S Cherokee County. An unnamed stream flowing through the cove forms the headwaters of the E fork of Cook Creek.
Kilby Creek

rises in SW Macon County and flows NE into Nantahala River.
Kilby Gap

on the Alexander-Wilkes county line in the Brushy Mountains. Named for William Kilby Jr., early nineteenth-century resident of the area. Alt. 1,540.
Kildeer Mountain

W Cherokee County between Rocky Ford Creek and Shoal Creek.
Kilgo

community in NE Chatham County served by post office, 1898-1904.
Kilkenny

community in S Tyrrell County. See also Warbler.
Kilkenny Landing

S Tyrrell County on Alligator River.
Kill Devil Hill

large sand hill, E Dare County, appears first on Price map, 1808. It was from Kill Devil Hill in 1903 that the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered airplane flight. Site of 60-foot-tall monument honoring the achievement.
Kill Devil Hills

town on N Bodie Island, E Dare County. Inc. 1953. There are numerous legends concerning the origin of the name, but among the earliest was one recorded in 1728 by William Byrd of Virginia. He reported that rum consumed in that part of Carolina was shipped from New England and was of such strength that a saying arose: "That thar rum is powerful enough to kill the devil." Alt. 11.
Kill Devil Hills Coast Guard Station

on N Bodie Island in E Dare County. First est. as a life-saving station in 1878-79. Life-saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service joined to form U.S. Coast Guard in 1915.