gannett] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 95 
Cranston; town in Providence County, Rhode Island, named for Samuel Cranston, 
governor of the State for nearly thirty years. 
Crater; town in Mono County, California, named from its location near extind 
volcanoes. 
Crater; buttes in Idaho, so named from their volcanic origin. 
Crater; lake in Oregon, so named because it occupies the crater of a former volcan< >. 
Craven; county in North Carolina, named for William, Earl of Craven, a lord 
proprietor. 
Crawford; county in Arkansas, county, and city in Oglethorpe County, in Georgia, 
and counties in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin, named for William il. 
Crawford, secretary of the treasury under President Monroe. 
Crawford; county in Kansas, named for Samuel J. Crawford, colonel Second Kansas 
Regiment, and governor in 1865-69. 
Crawford; counties in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, named for Col. 
William Crawford, who was captured by Indians and burned at the stake at 
Sandusky, Ohio, in 1782. 
Crawford; town in Lowndes County, Mississippi, named for Rev. Crawford, a Bap- 
tist preacher. 
Crawford; purchase in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for the original 
owner, Ethan A. Crawford. 
{Crawford House; village in Coos County, New Hampshire; 
Crawford Notch; gap in White Mountains, New Hampshire. Named from the 
purchase. 
Crawfordsville ; city in Indiana, named for William H. Crawford, secretary of the 
treasury under President Monroe. 
Crawfordsville; town in Linn County, Oregon, named for George F. Crawford, an 
earley settler. 
Crawfordville ; town in Taliaferro County, Georgia, named from William H. Craw- 
ford, secretary of the treasury under President Monroe. 
Creal Spring's; city in Wiljiamson County, Illinois, named for the founder. 
Creede; city in Mineral County, Colorado, named for a miner who made rich dis- 
coveries of gold in the region. 
Creek; nation in Indian Territory, occupied by the Creek tribe of Indians. It is 
said that the English gave the name to the tribe because the country formerly 
inhabited by them in Alabama and Colorado was full of creeks. 
Creighton; township and town in Knox County, Nebraska, named for lid ward 
Creighton, of Omaha. 
Crenshaw; county in Alabama, named for Anderson Crenshaw, of that State. 
Cresco; city in Howard County, Iowa. From the Latin, signifying ''I grow ." 
Cresskill; borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, named from a creek abounding 
in water cress. The word HI is Dutch for "stream." 
(Cresson; village in Cambria County, Pennsylvania; 
Cressona; borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Named for Elliott Cres- 
son, a Philadelphia merchant. 
Crested Butte; town in Gunnison County, Colorado, named for a conical, gray peak 
which dominates the valley. The mountain derives its name from its shape. 
Crestline; village in Crawford County, Ohio, so called because it occupies the crest 
line of the middle elevation of the State. 
Creston; town in San Luis Obispo County, California, named from its location on 
the crest of a ridge. 
Creston; village in Ogle County, Illinois, named from its location on the highesl 
point of land between Chicago and the Mississippi River. 
Creston; city in Union County, Iowa, so named because it was the highest point on 
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. 
