gannett.] PLACE NAMES m THE UNITED STATER. 59 
Bruceville; village in Knox County, Indiana, named for William Bruce, the former 
owner of the land. 
Brule; town in Keith County, Nebraska, county in South Dakota, and (own in 
Douglas County, Wisconsin, and several other places, named for a tribe of 
Indians. The word means "burnt," and the tribe, the Brule Sioux, were said 
to have acquired the name from having been caught in a prairie lire and being 
badly burned about the thighs. 
Brunson; town in Hampton County, South Carolina, named for a prominent family. 
Brunswick; town in Cumberland County, Maine, named for the house <>i Bruns- 
wick, to which the reigning King of Great Britain, William III, belonged. 
Brunswick; city in Chariton County, Missouri, named for Brunswick Terrace in 
England, the former home of the founder, James Keyte. 
Brunswick; counties in North Carolina and Virginia, named for the duchy in 
Germany. 
Brush; creek in Pennsylvania. From the Indian word, achweek, meaning "bushy" 
or "overgrown with brush." 
Brushland; village in Delaware County, New York, named for Alexander Brush, 
first settler and proprietor. 
Brushton; village in Franklin County, New York, named for Henry N. Brush, 
an extensive property owner. 
Brutus; town in Cayuga County, New York, named by the State land board of New 
York, which gave names of celebrated Romans to townships in the military tract 
in central New York. Village in Clay County, Kentucky, town in Emmet 
County, Michigan, and village in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, also bear this 
name. 
Bryan; county in Georgia, named for Jonathan Bryan, one of the founders of the 
State. 
Bryan; village in Williams County, Ohio, named for John A. Bryan, a former audi- 
tor of the State. 
Bryan; city in Brazos County, Texas, named for Moses Austin Bryan. 
Bryn Mawr; village in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named from the town in 
Wales. 
Bryson; town in Swain County, North Carolina, named for T. D. Bryson, member 
of the legislature, and owner of the town site. 
Buchanan; counties in Iowa, Missouri, and Virginia, and several other places in the 
country, named for President James Buchanan. 
Buchanan; town in Botetourt County, Virginia, named for Col. John Buchanan, 
pioneer and Indian fighter of Augusta County. 
Buck Creek; village in Greene County, Indiana, so named because a buck appeared 
each returning season on the banks of a near-by creek. 
Buckeye; township in Shasta County, California, named by settlers from Ohio, the 
Buckeye State. 
Buckeye; post-offices in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, Mississippi County, Missouri, 
and several towns and villages. The word is applied to a species of horse chest- 
nut which grows on river banks in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan, 
the fruit resembling the eye of a buck. 
Buckfield; town in Oxford County, Maine, named for Abijah Bucks, one of the firsl 
settlers. 
Buckhannon; river and town in Upshur County, West Virginia. An Indian name 
said to mean "brick river." 
{Buckingham; county in Virginia; 
Bucks; county in Pennsylvania. Named from Buckinghamshire, England. 
Bucks Bridg-e; village in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Isaac Buck, 
an early settler. 
