iannett] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATKS. 55 
Bradys Bend; town in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, named for Capt. Samuel 
Brady, the noted Indian fighter. 
3raidwood; city in Will County, Illinois, named for .Tunics Braidwood, who devel- 
oped coal mines in the vicinity. 
Brainerd; city in Butler County, Kansas, named for E. B. Brainerd, who owned a 
farm upon which part of the city is built. 
Brainerd; city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, named for David Drainer.!, a cele- 
brated missionary to the Indians. 
Braintree; town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, named from the town in Essex, 
England. 
Braintree; town in Orange County, Vermont, named from the town in Massachu- 
setts, where many of the early grantees resided. 
Bramwell; town in Mercer County, West Virginia, named for an English engineer 
and coal operator who lived in the town. 
Branch; county, and township in Mason County, in Michigan, named for John 
Branch, secretary of the navy under President Jackson. , i 
Branchport; town in Yates County, New York, which derives its name from its 
position on one of the branches of Crooked Lake. 
Branchville; borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, named for the branch or river 
known as Long Branch. 
Branchville; town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, named from the forks of 
the two branches of the South Carolina Railroad. 
Brandenburg; town in Meade County, Kentucky, named from a province in Prussia. 
Brandon; town in Rankin County, Mississippi, named for Gerard C. Brandon, 
governor in 1828-32. 
Brandon; town in Rutland County, Vermont. A corruption of "burnt town," from 
the circumstance of the burning of the settlement by Indians in 1777. 
Brandt; lake and town in Erie County, New York, named for Col. Joseph Brandt, 
a Mohawk chief. 
Brandywine; creek in Pennsylvania. According to a tradition, the name is derived 
from the occasion of a vessel laden with brantewein (brandy), which was lost in 
its waters. Other authorities derive it from Andrew Braindwine, who owned 
lands near its mouth in early days. A third theory is that the slough near 
Downingtown discharged its muddy waters into the creek, tinging it the color of 
brandy. A celebrated battle was fought there, which accounts for the name 
being given to eight places in in the country. 
Branford; town in New Haven County, Connecticut, named from the town of 
Brentford, England. 
Brasher; town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Philip Brasher, part 
owner. 
Brassua; lake of Moose River, Maine, said to be named for- an Indian chief. The 
word is said to signify " frank." 
Brattleboro; town in Windham County, Vermont, named for Col. William Brattle, 
a citizen of Boston. 
Braxton; county in West Virginia, named for Carter Braxton, a signer of the Decla- 
ration of Independence. 
Braysville; village in Owen County, Indiana, named for its founder. 
Brazil; city in Clay County, Indiana, named from the country in South America. 
Brazoria; county, and town in same county, in Texas. The old municipality of 
Brazoria, founded under the Mexican rule, was named from the Brazos River. 
Brazos; river and county in Texas. A Franciscan monk named the neighboring 
stream— now the Colorado— Brazos de Dios, "arm of God." The Mexicans 
confused the two rivers and called the Colorado the Brazos, and vice versa, and 
so the names stand to-day. 
