Kitsap

Kitsap, a N. W. county of Washington territory; area, 400 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 866. It is a peninsula, having Hood's canal on the west and Admiralty inlet on the east and north. It includes Bainbridge and Blane islands. The production of lumber is the principal industry. In 1870 there were three planing mills, with an annual production valued at $588,000, and three saw mills, producing $520,000 worth of lumber. Capital, Port Madison.

Kittanning

Kittanning, a borough and the capital of Armstrong co., Pennsylvania, situated on a broad alluvial plain on the E. bank of the Alleghany river, and on the Alleghany Valley railroad, 38 m. N. E. of Pittsburgh; pop. in 1870,1,889. In the hills skirting and opposite the borough are found, nearly horizontal, one stratum of cannel and five of bituminous coal, and two each of iron ore and limestone; also pure fire clay and good building stone. It has gas and water works, and contains three iron founderies, a rolling' mill, two flouring mills, a planing mill, a brewery, a tannery, two banks, two schools, three weekly newspapers, and eight churches.

Kittatinny, Or Blue Mountains

Kittatinny, Or Blue Mountains, a chain which commences in Ulster co., N. Y., and crossing the N. W. part of New Jersey passes into Pennsylvania, where it forms one of the principal mountain ridges of the state. It is broken by the Delaware river at the Water Gap, by the Lehigh at Wind Gap, by the Schuylkill above Hamburg, and by the Susquehanna about 5 m. above Harrisburg. Between it and the N. branch of the Susquehanna, a distance of about 35 m., is the great anthracite region. Passing out of Pennsylvania, its course is less marked as it approaches the South mountains and the Potomac, but it may be traced into Alabama, a total length of more than 800 m. Its elevation varies from 800 to 2,500 ft. above the sea.

Kittery

Kittery, a town of York co., Maine, on the Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth railroad, 42 m. S. W. of Portland, and at the mouth of the Piscataqua river, opposite Portsmouth, N. H., with which it is connected by a bridge and by ferry; pop. in 1870, 3,333. It forms the S. W. extremity of the state, and is chiefly noted as the seat of a United States navy yard. This establishment is situated on an island in the river within the limits of the town, and contains extensive ship houses, machine shops, rigging lofts, wharves, barracks, and a dry dock which cost $800,000. The town is the birthplace of Sir William Pepperell. It was settled in 1623, and incorporated in 1647.

Kittiwake

See Gull.

Kiukiang

See Kewkiang.

Kiwi-Kiwi

See Apteryx.

Kkasza

I. An E. County Of Hungary

I. An E. County Of Hungary, in the circle beyond the Theiss, bounded S. E. by Transylvania; area, 444 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 62,714, most of whom are Roumans. It is mostly mountainous, and only in the valleys suited for agriculture. Before 1860 this county belonged to Transylvania. Capital, Szilagy-Somlyo.

II. A Market Town

II. A Market Town, on the Kraszna, 5 m. S. E. of Szilagy-Somlyo; pop. in 1870, 3,128. The inhabitants, partly Magyars and partly Roumans, trade in cattle.