Editing Kelseyville, California (section)

===Name===
The area has been formerly designated by [[European American]] settlers '''Kelsey'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Discovery of Gas|newspaper=Russian River Flag|volume=I|number=24|date=14 March 1866|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=RRF18660314.2.11}}</ref> or '''Kelsey Creek''', after [[Andrew Kelsey]],<ref name="Knave">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/331860913/|number=12|volume=168|date=12 January 1958|page=76|title=The Knave|newspaper=Oakland Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SRPD19480905.1.13|title=Neighborly Kelseyville... Pear Capital|newspaper=The Press Democrat|volume=92|number=214|date=5 September 1948}}</ref> one of the first [[Anglo-Americans|Anglo-American]] settlers in Lake County, and his brother [[Benjamin Kelsey]].<ref name="Pioneers">{{cite news|newspaper=The Press Democrat|volume=XLIX|number=70|date=21 September 1921|title=Kelseys were pioneers for north section|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SRPD19210921.2.65}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NWJ19090409.2.58|newspaper=Napa Weekly Journal|volume=XXV|number=51|date=9 April 1909|title=Death of Lake County Pioneer}}</ref> Both men, along with Charles Stone and E.D. Shirland, acquired Salvador Vallejo's livestock in the [[Clear Lake (California)|Clear Lake]] area in 1847. Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone were killed in 1849 in an uprising against him by bands of [[Wappo]] and Eastern [[Pomo people|Pomo]] whom they had enslaved. This episode led to the [[Bloody Island Massacre]] in May 1850.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1190 Bloody Island (Bo-no-po-ti).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107171836/http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1190 |date=7 November 2007 }} ''The Historical Marker Database''. 18 June 2007 (retrieved 27 February 2009)</ref>

The town was also sometimes designated '''Uncle Sam'''<ref name="Knave"/> after Mount Uncle Sam, the name soldiers gave to [[Mount Konocti]] when they set up camp there in 1850.<ref name=CGN /> The Kelseyville name first appears in records in the 1860s,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sacramento Daily Union|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18650418.2.6.1|title=Feeling at Clear Lake|volume=29|number=4391|date=18 April 1865}}</ref> the result of lobbying on the part of William and Barthena Kelsay, who arrived with the Harriman Party in Lake County in 1861, "in honor of their Kelsey cousins".<ref>{{citation|title=Mauldin Files|first=Ron M.|last=Sylar|volume=44|page=8302|url=https://museumsoflakeca.wixsite.com/website/mauldin-files}}</ref> Voter registration records list the town as "Kelsey" in the 1860s, and the area is designated "Kelsey Creek" in the [[1870 U.S. Census]] while voter records list "Kelseyville" in the same decade, that name also appearing in the [[1880 U.S. Census]]. The name was officialized by federal authorities when the Uncle Sam Post Office was renamed to Kelseyville in October 1882.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/620801983/|date=13 October 1882|newspaper=Ukiah Dispatch Democrat|title=Postal Changes}}</ref><ref name=CGN />
Kelseyville has also been nicknamed "Peartown" for its significant [[pear]] orchards planted during the [[Prohibition era]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/381291697/|journal=The Los Angeles Times|date=11 June 1950|title=Scenic route to redwoods inspires awe}}</ref>

The Kelseyville name has been the source of controversy since at least the 1980s<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1114374/|title=Town should change its name|journal=Ukiah Daily Journal|date=9 August 1989}}</ref> because of its association with Andrew and [[Benjamin Kelsey|Ben Kelsey]]. Several attempts have been made through petitions to suggest a name change.<ref name=”PD0323/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record-bee.com/2007/09/20/kelseyvilles-name-under-scrutiny/|date=20 September 2007|journal=Lake County Record-Bee|title=Kelseyville's name under scrutiny}}</ref> In 2020, a group of local community members, Citizens for Healing, formed in order to change Kelseyville's name. The group originally planned a petition to put the issue on the ballot<ref name=”PD0323>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/lake-county-group-working-to-change-the-name-of-kelseyville/|journal=The Press Democrat|date=24 March 2022|title=Lake County group working to change the name of Kelseyville to redress violence against tribes}}</ref> (another petition was launched online in 2020<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kzyx.org/local-news/2020-07-14/petition-to-change-the-name-of-kelseyville-gains-traction-online|journal=KZYX|date=14 July 2020|title=Petition to change the name of Kelseyville gains traction online}}</ref>), until they were informed of another option. The group, after securing approval from local tribes,<ref name="PD0824">{{cite news|title='Friendly country town' of Kelseyville deeply divided over proposed name change|newspaper=The Press Democrat|date=15 August 2024|first=Austin|last=Murphy|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/kelseyville-name-change-indian-massacre/}}</ref> filed a petition in October 2023 with the [[United States Board on Geographic Names|United States Board on Geographic Names (USBGN)]], requesting to rename the town "Konocti", after the [[Mount Konocti|mountain]] dominating the town's landscape.<ref name=”PD0224”>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/kelseyville-was-named-for-a-man-who-slaughtered-native-americans-should-a/|newspaper=The Press Democrat|date=16 February 2024|first=Austin|last=Murphy|title=Kelseyville was named for a man who slaughtered Native Americans. Should a town still be named for him?}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/media/files/Review%20List%20454.pdf|title=Quarterly Review List 454|date=23 January 2024|website=United States Board on Geographic Names}}</ref> The initiative has triggered opposition from another group, which has been campaigning under the "Save Kelseyville" slogan, arguing that renaming the town could be costly and cause confusion.<ref name=”PD0224”/> On July 30, 2024, the county's Board of Supervisors voted to approve a countywide "advisory measure" on the November 5 ballot to rename the town to "Konocti".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lakeconews.com/news/79292-supervisors-decide-to-put-kelseyville-name-change-advisory-measure-before-voters|newspaper=Lake County News|title=Supervisors decide to put Kelseyville name change advisory measure before voters|first=Elizabeth|last=Larson|date=31 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-08-19/a-towns-name-recalls-massacre-of-indigenous-californians|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Tyrone|last=Beason|title=A town's name recalls the massacre of Indigenous people. Will changing it bring healing?|date=19 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/kelseyville-measure-u-konocti-u-s-board-of-geographic-names/|title=Lake County measure asking voters if Kelseyville’s name should be changed is losing badly — but will it matter?|date=18 November 2024|last=Murphy|first=Austin|newspaper=The Press Democrat}}</ref> The issue received support from the [[National Congress of American Indians]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncai.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-ncai/assetfile/5655.pdf|website=National Congress of American Indians|date=October-November 2024|title=Supporting Lake County Tribes by recommending the name change from Kelseyville to Konocti to the Local Government and the Board of Geographical Names (Resolution #LV-24-075)}}</ref> Measure U, which asked voters to recommend the name change to the Board, only received 29.4% of "Yes" votes.<ref>{{cite website|url=https://www.lakecountyca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/12965/Cumulative-Results-12-3-2024-11-18-02-AM|title=County of Lake, California: General Election Official Results|date=3 December 2024|website=Lake County Registrar of Voters}}</ref> On December 10, a majority of county Supervisors nevertheless voted in favor of recommending to the USBGN that the town be renamed Konocti.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lakeconews.com/news/80333-lake-county-supervisors-back-kelseyville-name-change-despite-voter-opposition|title=Lake County supervisors back Kelseyville name change despite voter opposition|date=11 December 2024|first=Lingzi|last=Chen|newspaper=Lake County News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/kelseyville-name-change-konocti/|newspaper=The Press Democrat|first=Austin|last=Murphy|date=12 December 2024|title=Bucking will of Lake County voters, supervisors urge federal agency to change Kelseyville’s name}}</ref> The California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names is expected to provide a recommendation as part of the process.