52 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Bon Secours; triangular projection on the east side of Mobile Bay, and post-office 
in Baldwin County, Alabama. A French name, meaning "good succor." 
Book; plateau in Colorado; so named from its shape. 
Boon; town in Wexford County, Michigan; 
Boone; counties in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Nebraska, 
town in Watauga County, North Carolina, and county in West Virginia. Named 
for Daniel Boone; his name appears with different suffixes in many parts of 
the country. 
Boone; county, city in same county, and creek in Iowa, named for Captain Boone, 
United States dragoons, who captured Des Moines Valley above Coon Forks. 
Boone; creek in Yellowstone Park, named for Robert Withrow, who called himself 
"Daniel Boone the second." 
(Boonesboro; town in Howard County, Missouri; 
iBoone Station; village in Fayette County, Kentucky. Named for Daniel Boone. 
Booneville; town in Prentiss County, Mississippi, named for Reuben H. Boone, 
who settled there in 1836. ' 
Boonton; town in Morris County, New Jersey, named for Thomas Boone, its colo- 
nial governor in 1760. 
Boonville; town in Warrick County, Indiana. Some authorities say that it received 
its name in honor of Daniel Boone, while Conklin says it was named for Ratliffe 
Boone, second governor of the State, who laid out the town. 
Boonville; towns in Cooper County, Missouri, and Yadkin County, North Carolina, 
named for Daniel Boone. 
Boonville; village in Oneida County, New Y T ork, named for Gerrit Boon, agent of 
the Holland Land Company, who made the first settlement. 
Boothbay; town in Lincoln County, Maine, named from the town in England. 
Borate; village in San Bernardino County, California, named from the extensive 
veins of colemanite (borate of lime). 
Borax; lake in California, the waters of which contain borax in solution. 
Bordeaux; town in Abbeville County, South Carolina, named from the city in 
France. 
Borden; towns in Madera County, California, and county and village in Colorado 
County, Texas, named for Gail Borden, member of the consultation of 1833, col- 
lector of customs at Galveston in 1837, editor and financier. 
Bordentown; city in Burlington County, New Jersey, named for Joseph Borden, its 
founder. 
Borgne; lake in Louisiana. A French word, meaning "one-eyed," hence some- 
thing "defective," given to the lake by the French because they did not con- 
sider it a lake, but rather a bay, as it had the appearance of being separated from 
the sea by numerous islands. 
Borodino; village in Onondaga County, New York, named from the town in Russia. 
Boscawen; town in Merrimac County, New Hampshire, named for Admiral Edward 
Boscawen. 
Boscobel; city in Grant County, Wisconsin, named from a place in Shropshire, Eng- 
land. 
Bosque; county and river in Texas. A French and Portuguese word, meaning 
"wood," "forest," applied to the country because of the forests of oak and cedar. 
Bosqueville; village in McLennan County, Texas; so named because near Bosque 
River. 
Bossier; parish, and village in same parish, in Louisiana, named for General Bossier, 
a celebrated duelist. 
Bostic; town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, named for George T. Bostic. 
Boston; city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. By some authorities the name is 
said to have been given in honor of John Cotton, vicar of St. Bodolph's church 
