62 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Butler; comity in Alabama, named for Capt. William Butler, of that State. 
Butler; village in Montgomery County, Illinois, named for Butler Seward, a first 
settler. 
Butler; county in Iowa, and city in Bates County, Missouri, named for William 0. 
Butler, of Kentucky, a general in the Mexican war. 
Butler; county in Kansas, named for Andrew P. Butler, United States Senator from 
South Carolina in 1846-1857. 
Butler; counties in Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, named for Gen. Richard 
Butler, who fell at St. Clair's defeat. 
Butler; county in Missouri, named for a member of President Jackson's Cabinet. 
Butler; county in Nebraska, named for David Butler, first governor of the State. 
Butte; County in California, named from Marysville Buttes. A French word mean- 
ing "small knoll" or "small hill." 
Butte; city in Silverbow County, Montana, named from a bare butte overlooking 
the place. 
Butte; county in South Dakota, so named from buttes, prominent features in the 
county. 
Butte des Morts; town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. French words mean- 
ing "hill of the dead," so called by the early explorers from the native graves 
found there. 
Butterfly; village in Madera County, California. A translation of the Mexican 
name Mariposa. 
Butter Hill; an eminence on the Hudson River, so called from its resemblance to a 
huge lump of butter. 
Butts; county in Georgia, named in honor of Capt. Samuel Butts, an officer in the 
war of 1812. 
Buttzville; town in Ransom County, North Dakota, named for a resident. 
Buxton; town in York County, Maine, named from the native place of Rev. Paul 
Coffin, the first minister. 
Buxton; village in Washington County, Oregon, named for Henry Buxton, an early 
settler. 
Buzzards Bay; village in Barnstable County, and bay in Massachusetts, named for 
a small hawk very abundant on the coast. 
Byers; town in Arapahoe County and mount in Colorado, named for W. N. Byers, 
of Denver. 
Byhalia; town in Marshall County, Mississippi. An Indian word meaning "stand- 
ing white oaks." 
Bynumville; town in Chariton County, Missouri, named for Dr. Joseph Bynum, an 
early settler. 
Byron; town in Houston County, Georgia, and Genesee County, New York, named 
for Lord Byron. Eighteen other places bear this name, all of which were prob- 
ably named for the English poet. 
Cabarrus; county in North Carolina, named for Stephen Cabarrus, speaker of the 
house of commons in that State. 
Cabazon; station on the Southern Pacific Railroad in Riverside County, California. 
A Spanish word, translated as "shirt collar" or "tax gatherer." 
Cabell; county in West Virginia, named for William Cabell, governor of Virginia in 
1805-1808. 
Cable; village in Mercer County, Illinois, named for Ransom R. Cable, railway 
manager. 
Cabot; town in Washington County, Vermont, named for Miss Cabot, a descendant 
of Sebastian Cabot. 
Cache; county, village in same county, and streams and valley in northeastern Utah. 
