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in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and one of the firsl clergymen in the Ameri- 
can Boston. Others say it was named before the arrival of John Cotton, for 
three prominent colonists from Boston, England. Sixteen places in the country 
have taken their names from the Massachusetts city. 
Botetourt; county in Virginia, named for Norborne Berkeley, Lord de Botetourt, 
royal governor of Virginia in 1768. 
Bottineau; county, and town in same county, in North Dakota, named for Pierre 
Bottineau, one of the early settlers of the Red River Valley. 
Bouckville; village in Madison County, New York, named for Governor William ( '. 
Bou.ck. 
Bouff; creek in Chicot County, Arkansas. A corruption of the French bayou mix 
boeufs, "cattle creek." 
Boulder; county, and city in same county, in Colorado, named from the huge boul- 
ders found in the county. 
Boundbrook; borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, named from a creek em ply- 
ing into the Raritan River, which was the northern boundary of the grant made 
to Governor Carteret. It is now part of the boundary between Middlesex and 
Somerset counties. 
Bouquet; river in Essex County, New York; said to be named from the flowers 
upon its banks. Some authorities think it is derived from the French, baquet, 
"trough." 
Bourbeuse; river in Missouri. A name applied to the river by the early French 
traders, meaning "miry." 
Bourbon; town in Marshall County, Indiana, and counties in Kansas and Kentucky, 
besides several small places, named for the royal family of France. 
Bovina; town in Delaware County, New York; from the Latin, because of its fitness 
for grazing. 
Bow; creek in Nebraska, named by the early French petit arc, "little bow." 
Bow; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, so named from a bend in the 
river within the town limits. 
Bowdoinham; town in Sagadahoc County, Maine. Some authorities say it was 
named for James Bowdoin, governor of Massachusetts in 1785-86, while Varney 
claims that it was named for William Bowdoin, of Boston. 
Bowen; town in Jones County, Iowa, named for Hugh Bo wen. 
Bowerbank; plantation in Piscataquis County, Maine, named for a London mer- 
chant, the first owner. 
Bowie; town in Prince George County, Maryland, named for Governor Oden Bowie. 
Bowie; county, and village in Montague County, in Texas, named for James Bowie, 
Indian and Mexican fighter, the inventor of the bowie knife, who was killed at 
the Alamo. 
Bowling Green; the name of seven places in the country. The word is said to In- 
derived from a term denoting ornamental gardening, or a plat of turf for bowling. 
The name is found in Yorkshire, England. 
Bowman; village in Fleming County, Kentucky, named for Col. Abram Bowman, 
first settler. 
Bowman; county in North Dakota, named for E. M. Bowman, a member of the 
Territorial legislature in 1883. 
Bowman; town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, named for the Fleming 
family, of Orangeburg. 
Boxbutte; county, and town in same county, in Nebraska, named from a butte in 
the county. 
Boxelder; county in Utah and creek in Montana, also six other places in the coun- 
try, named from the tree. 
