54 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Boxford; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, probably named from the town m 
Suffolk, England. 
Boyd; county, and village in Harrison County, in Kentucky, named for Linn Boyd, 
statesman, of Tennessee, one time lieutenant-governor of Kentucky. 
Boyd; county in Nebraska, named for James E. Boyd, governor of the State in 
1891-93. 
Boyd Tavern; village in Albemarle County, Virginia, named for a family who kept 
a tavern there many years ago. 
Boyerton; borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, named for the Boyer family, 
early settlers. 
Boyle; county in Kentucky, named for John Boyle, chief justice of the State. 
Boylston; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for a resident family 
of Boston. 
Boylston; town in Oswego County, New York, named for Thomas Boylston. 
Bozeman; city in Gallatin County, Montana, named for J. M. Bozeman, an early 
trapper. 
Bozrahville ; town in New London County, Connecticut, named from the ancient 
town in Syria. 
Braceville; township and village in Grundy County, Illinois, first called Braysville, 
for an early settler. 
Braceville; township in Trumbull County, Ohio, named for Jonathan Brace, an 
early settler. 
Bracken; county in Kentucky, named for two creeks, Big and Little Bracken, which 
were named for William Bracken, a pioneer hunter. 
Brackettville; town in Kinney County, Texas, named for Oscar B. Brackett, a 
# prominent resident. 
Bracks; butte in California, named for an old settler. 
Braddock; borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, named from the battlefield 
where General Brad'dock was defeated by the French and Indians. 
Braddys; pond in Portage County, Ohio, named for Capt. Samuel Brady. 
Bradford; county in Florida, named for Captain Bradford, who was killed in battle 
on an island in western Florida. 
Bradford; village in Stark County, Illinois, named for Bradford S. Foster, one of its 
principal founders. 
Bradford; village, now a part of Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, named 
from the town in Yorkshire, England. 
Bradford; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, and village in Orange 
County, Vermont, named from the village in Massachusetts. 
Bradford; town in Steuben County, New York, named for General Bradford. 
Bradford; county, and city in McKean County, in Pennsylvania, named for William 
Bradford, 1755-1795, Attorney-General of the United States. 
Bradfordsville; town in Marion County, Kentucky, named for Peter Bradford, the 
first settler. 
Bradley; county in Arkansas, named for Capt. Hugh Bradley. 
Bradley; village in Tazewell County, Illinois, named for the Bradley Manufacturing 
Company located there. 
Bradley; town in Greenwood County, South Carolina, named for a family of the 
State. 
Bradley; county in Tennessee. The origin of the name is in doubt; Judge P. B. 
Mayfield, of Cleveland, Tennessee, says it was probably named for a school- 
teacher. 
Bradley Beach; borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, named for the origi- 
nal owner, James A. Bradley. 
