60 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Buckskin; village in Park Comity, Colorado, named for Joseph Higginbottom, 
"Buckskin Joe." 
Bucksport; town in Humboldt County, California, named for David Buck, who laid 
it out in 1851. 
Bucksport; town in Hancock County, Maine, named for Col. Jonathan Bucks, of 
Haverhill, an early settler. 
Bucoda; village in Thurston County, Washington, named by taking the first part 
of the names of three men, Buckley, Collier, and Davis. 
Bucyrus; city in Crawford County, Ohio, named by Col. James Kilbourne. The 
daughters of Samuel Norton, who live there, say that Colonel Kilbourne' s favorite 
character was Cyrus, King of Persia, to which "bu" was prefixed, referring to 
the beautiful country. An old citizen, F. Adams, says that it was named by 
Colonel Kilbourne from Busiris in ancient Egypt. 
Buda; village in Bureau County, Illinois, named from Buda in Austria. 
Buel; village in Montgomery County, New York, named for Jesse Buel, of Albany. 
Buell; lake, partly in the town of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachu- 
setts, named for Samuel Buell, a neighboring resident, who saved three girls 
from drowning. 
Buena Vista; county in Iowa, city in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and twenty 
other places in the country. The name of the field upon which General Taylor 
won his victory, and doubtless given in some cases for patriotic reasons, but the 
majority of places are named descriptively. Spanish words, meaning "beautiful 
view." 
Buffalo; county in Nebraska, city in Erie County, New York, counties in South 
Dakota and Wisconsin, and numerous creeks, rivers, towns, and villages, usually 
so named because of the former presence of the buffalo. 
Bullards Bar; town in Yuba County, California, named for an old settler. 
I Bullitt; county in Kentucky; 
Bullittsville; town in Boone County, Kentucky. Named for Alexander Scott 
Bullitt. 
I Bulloch; county in Georgia; 
<Bullochville; village in Meriwether County, Georgia. Named for Archibald Bul- 
1 loch, one of the most eminent men of his time. 
Bullock; county, and village in Crenshaw County, in Alabama, named for E. C. Bul- 
lock, of that State. 
Bulltown; village in Braxton County, West Virginia. Named for an Indian called 
Bull, who was imprisoned for taking part in Pontiac's conspiracy, and was mur- 
dered in 1773 by Jesse Hughes and John Hacker. 
Bunceton; city in Cooper County, Missouri, named for Harvey Bunce, of the county. 
Buncombe; county in North Carolina and several places in the Southern States, 
named for Col. Edward Buncombe, of the Continental Army. 
Bunker Hill; city in Macoupin County, Illinois, and eleven other places, named for 
the famous battle of the Revolution. 
Bunker Hill; eminence in Charlestown (Boston), Massachusetts, the scene of con- 
flict between the American and British forces, June 17, 1775. 
Bunsen; peak in Yellowstone Park, named by the United States Geological Survey 
for the eminent chemist and physicist, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. 
Burden; city in Cowley County, Kansas, named for Robert F. Burden, a leading 
i Member of the town company. 
Bureau; county, and town in same county, in Illinois, named for a French trader, 
Pierre de Beuro, who established a trading post upon a creek which first bore 
his name. 
Burgaw; village in Pender County, North Carolina, named for a resident family. 
