Kelso may refer to:

Places

Australia

Kelso, New South Wales Kelso is a suburb of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, in the Bathurst Regional Council area. History Kelso was the original European settlement in the area. In 1816, the initial settlement of Bathurst was established on the eastern banks ...

* Kelso, Tasmania *

Kelso, Queensland Kelso is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kelso had a population of 10,599 people. Geography Kelso is the last of three suburbs along Riverway Drive and is the only suburb on Riverway Drive that has homes ba ...

Canada

* Kelso Conservation Area, Ontario, containing Lake Kelso ** Kelso, a village in

Regional Municipality of Halton The Regional Municipality of Halton, or Halton Region, is a regional municipality in Ontario, Canada, located in the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. It comprises the city of Burlington and the towns of Oakville, Milton, and Halton Hi ...

, Ontario

New Zealand

* Kelso, New Zealand

South Africa

Kelso, KwaZulu-Natal Kelso is located in the uMdoni Coast region of South Africa facing the Indian Ocean. Kelso is located 65 kilometers south of Durban, the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal. History Henry Cooke, one of the original mid-nineteenth century Byrne sett ...

, a small coastal village south of Durban

United Kingdom

Kelso, Scottish Borders Kelso ( sco, Kelsae gd, Cealsaidh) is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire, it lies where the rivers Tweed and Teviot have their confluence. The town has a pop ...

, Scotland ** Kelso railway station

United States

Kelso, Arkansas Kelso is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Desha County, Arkansas, Desha County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 1 and Arkansas Highway 138. References

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Kelso, California Kelso is a ghost town and defunct railroad depot in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California, USA. It was named after railroad worker John H. Kelso, whose name was placed into a hat along with two other workers to decide ...

Kelso Dunes Kelso Dunes, also known as the Kelso Dune Field, is the largest field of Aeolian processes, aeolian sand deposits in the Mojave Desert. The region is protected by the Mojave National Preserve and is located near the town of Baker, California, B ...

Kelso Mountains The Kelso Mountains are located just north of the small community of Kelso and the Kelso Dunes, in the Mojave National Preserve in southeastern California. The town of Baker, near Interstate 15, lies approximately 18 miles (29 km) to the nort ...

Claraville, California Claraville (formerly, Kelso and Clarasillo) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total ...

formerly Kelso *

Kelso Township, Dearborn County, Indiana Kelso Township is one of fourteen townships in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,341 and it contained 919 housing units. History Kelso Township is one of the original townships of Dearborn Count ...

Kelso Township, Sibley County, Minnesota Kelso Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 357 at the 2000 census. Kelso Township was organized in 1858, and shares its name with Kelso, in Scotland. Geography According to the United States Cen ...

* Kelso, Missouri *

Kelso Township, Scott County, Missouri Kelso Township is an inactive township in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Te ...

Kelso Site The Kelso Site, near Mullen in Hooker County, Nebraska, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It was the site of a prehistoric village. The archeological site is designated by Smithsonian trinomial A Smi ...

in Hooker County, Nebraska, the site of a prehistoric village * Kelso, Oregon *

Kelso, Tennessee Kelso is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. Kelso is located along U.S. Route 64 east-southeast of Fayetteville. Kelso has a post office with ZIP code 37348. The community is home to the original Benjamin ...

Kelso, Texas Kelso is a ghost town in west-central Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States. History Kelso was created as the basis of a massive confidence scam by George G. Wright, an unscrupulous land promoter, to sell an 80,000-acre tract of XIT Ranch Th ...

Kelso, Washington Kelso is a city in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Washington and is the county seat of Cowlitz County. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,720. Kelso is part of the Longview, Washington Metropolitan statistical area, which ...

Sports

Kelso Racecourse Kelso Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Kelso, Scotland. The official website describes the course as "Britain's Friendliest Racecourse". It was voted the Best Small Course in Scotland and the North of England in 2007, ...

, a horse racing venue in Kelso, Scotland *

Kelso (horse) Kelso (April 4, 1957 – October 16, 1983) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is considered one of the greatest racehorses in history. He ranks fourth on the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century. He defeated more champions and ...

, an American thoroughbred racehorse *

Kelso RFC Kelso Rugby Football Club are a Scottish rugby union team founded in 1876. They play their home games at Poynder Park, Kelso in the Scottish Borders. The men's team currently play in and the Border League (the oldest established rugby union l ...

, a rugby club in Kelso, Scotland *

Kelso Stakes The Kelso Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older run over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt held annually in late October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event offers a purse of $3 ...

, an American horse race in Elmont, New York * Kelso United F.C., a football club in Kelso, Scotland *

Premier Kelso Hurdle The Premier Kelso Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kelso over a distance of about 2 miles and 2 furlongs (2 miles, 2 ...

, a national hunt hurdle race in Scotland

Other uses

Kelso (name) Kelso is a surname and a given name. It is of British origin with Scottish and English roots. People with the surname * Ben Kelso (born 1949), American basketball player and coach * Beverley Kelso (born 1948), Jamaican singer * Bill Kelso (1940-20 ...

, a surname and a given name, including a list of people with the name * MV ''Kelso'', a fishing vessel, later named MY ''Titanic'' * Kelso & Company, an American private equity firm *

Kelso River The Kelso River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 7, 2012 stream in northern Minnesota, the United States. It flows entirely within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

, a stream in Minnesota, U.S. *

Michael Kelso Michael Christopher Kelso is a fictional character and one of the five male leads on Fox Network's ''That '70s Show'', portrayed by Ashton Kutcher. Tall, lanky and long-haired, Kelso had been accepted as the local idiot until he moved to Chicago ...

, a fictional character in ''That '70s Show''