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miles north of Harney. It was named for E. H. King, who established a mountain sawmill nearby about 1880. He came to Oregon from Red Bluff, California. The name Trout as applied to this mountain is an error, and is caused because the point is near the head of Trout Creek. The name King Mountain is now generally accepted by the public.

KING SLOUGH, Lincoln County. King Slough is a fairly large inlet on the south side of Yaquina Bay. In the '80s one Jack King had a homestead near the head of this slough and the feature took his name. King also ran a small camp in the locality. In earlier days the inlet was called Hinton Slough, but that name did not persist.

KINGMAN, Malheur County. Named for A. G. Kingman, resident of the vicinity and founder of the community. The place is on the Union Pacific Railroad near the mouth of Owyhee River. Kings LANDING, Coos County. Kings Landing was the name of a locality about nine miles south of Coos Bay, on the west side of Isthmus Slough, at or about the same place that in recent years has been called Delmar. It was named for one King, who lived there. Kings Landing was the transfer point where passengers and goods were set ashore at the head of navigation from Coos Bay. At Kings Landing a narrow gage railroad took off and extended south to Coaledo, at which point there was a transfer back to boats again. There was no post office with the name Kings Landing

KINGS VALLEY, Benton County. Kings Valley was named for Nahum King, the first settler, who was an Oregon pioneer of 1845. The flour mill, which is still operating in Kings Valley, was built by Rowland Chambers in 1853. Kings Valley post office was established on April 13, 1855, with Chambers first postmaster.

KINGSLEY, Wasco County. Judge Fred W. Wilson informed the compiler in 1927 that Kingsley was named by his mother, Mrs. E. M. Wilson, about 1878 when she was postmaster at The Dalles. A delegation from Kingsley called on Mrs. Wilson at The Dalles post office with a petition for a new post office to serve a part of the county south of Dufur. The petition suggested a commonplace name. Mrs. Wilson had been reading Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! and the book lay in her lap. She immediately suggested the name of the great English clergyman and writer for the new office and the suggestion was accepted on the spot. The town plat was filed on May 16. 1893. Kingsley was not a post office in April, 1927.

KINGSTON, Linn County. This is a station near the North Santiam River, not far from Stayton. It is said to have been named for Samuel King. who lived there many years before the railroad was built.

KINTON, Washington County. Kinton is a place on the Scholls Ferry Road south of Cooper Mountain. It was named for Peter Kindt, who took up a donation land claim nearby in pioneer days. For information about Kindt and Kinton, see the Hillsboro Argus, January 21, 1932.

KINZEL CREEK, Clackamas County. This stream, which flows into Salmon River south of Rhododendron, is near a mining prospect owned by Tom Kinzel, and was named on that account. Kinzel was a prospector and packer in this part of the Cascade Range. The small lake or pond drained by Kinzel Creek is known as Kinzel Lake. Kinzua, Wheeler County. Kinzua lumber town and post office was established in 1928. The place was named by the Kinzua Pine Mills