Kelso may refer to:

Places

Australia

Kelso, Tasmania Kelso is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of West Tamar in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town of Beaconsfield. The 2016 census has a population of 146 for the state suburb of Kel ...

* Kelso, Queensland

Canada

Kelso Conservation Area Kelso Conservation Area is located near Milton, Ontario on the Niagara Escarpment and is owned and operated by Conservation Halton. This park has an area of 3.97 square kilometres and contains Lake Kelso which was built for flood control of Sixt ...

, 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 H ...

, 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 is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Within the boundaries of the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Roxburghshire, it lies where the rivers River Tweed, Tweed and River Teviot, Teviot have their confluence. The ...

, Scotland ** Kelso railway station

United States

* Kelso, Arkansas *

Kelso, California Kelso is a ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a gh ...

Kelso Dunes Kelso Dunes, also known as the Kelso Dune Field, is the largest field of aeolian sand deposits in the Mojave Desert. The region is protected by the Mojave National Preserve and is located near the town of Baker, San Bernardino County, Califor ...

** Kelso Mountains *

Claraville, California Claraville (formerly, Kelso and Clarasillo) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It ...

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 Coun ...

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 is a village in Scott County, Missouri, Scott County, Missouri, United States. The population was 586 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The Kelso ZIP code of 63758 is used for residents who wish to receive their mail at the Kel ...

Kelso Township, Scott County, Missouri Kelso Township is an inactive township in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United ...

Kelso Site The Kelso Site, near Mullen, Nebraska, 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 Smithsonia ...

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

Kelso, Oregon Kelso is an unincorporated community located about three miles northwest of Sandy in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It was named for the town of Kelso, Washington Kelso is a city in the southwestern part of the State of Washington a ...

* Kelso, Tennessee *

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 to sell an 80,000-acre tract of XIT Ranch land 25 miles northwest of Here ...

Kelso, Washington Kelso is a city in the southwestern part of the 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 has ...

Sports

* Kelso Racecourse, 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 ...

, a rugby club in Kelso, Scotland *

Kelso Stakes The Kelso Stakes, previously held as the Forbidden Apple Stakes, is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old and older held over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the turf held annually in mid-July at Sarat ...

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

Premier Kelso Hurdle The Premier Novices' Hurdle (renamed in 2020 from 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 di ...

, 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 (1940-2 ...

, 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 Kelso & Company is an American private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital transactions. Kelso invests in a variety of sectors, including communication, manufacturing and restaurants. Kelso is based i ...

, 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, commonly known Mononym, mononymously by his surname, Kelso, is a fictional character and one of the four male leads on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Network's ''That '70s Show'', portrayed by Ashton Kutcher. Described in ...

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