Awards and Honors
- 1929 – Elected to American Bandmasters Association
- 1953 - Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma
- 1962 – Elected to the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts
- 1962 – Karl L. King Viaduct over the Des Moines River dedicated at Fort Dodge
- 1964 – Elected to the Society of European Stage Actors and Composers
- 1967 - Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity Distinguished Service Award
- 1967-1971 – Honorary Life President American Bandmasters Association
- 1971 - Edwin Franco Goldman Award of the American School Bandmasters Association (first non-school band director to receive this award)
- 1975 – Iowa Award given posthumously, highest award state can bestow an individual
- 1976 – Fort Dodge Band Shell renovated and named in honor of Karl King
- 1980 - National Band Association names Karl King to the Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors
- 1995 – Inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame
- 2006 – Karl King Statue dedicated in Fort Dodge
Highway signs leading into Fort Dodge list it as “Home of Karl L. King”.
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