Kilgore, Texas: I put search terms "Kilgore Texas" and "+namessake" into the search engine and the first hit was this, from Wikipedia: Begin quote: Kilgore was founded in 1872 when the International-Great Northern Railroad completed the initial phase of rail line between Palestine and Longview. The rail chose to bypass a small community approximately 10 miles southeast of Longview, New Danville, in lieu of a new townsite platted on 174 acres sold to the rail by Constantine Buckley Kilgore, the town's namesake. End quote. >From my recollection of his family group: Constantine Buckley Kilgore came from Georgia with his parents in about 1845 and settled in Rusk County, TX. He became a state senator, and a famous jurist in the Indian territory. He died about 1899. Happy Fourth of July to all the cousins out there! Christopher (Kit) Kilgore