100 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Dan vers; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, said to have received its name 
from the Earl D'Anvers, but Nason says it received its name in honor of Sir 
Danvers Osborn, governor of New York in 1753. 
Danville; village in Ingham County, Michigan, named for Daniel L. Crossman, a 
resident. 
Danville; township and city in Vermilion County, Illinois, named for Dan Beek- 
with, an Indian trader, who donated a part of the town site. 
Danville; town in Hendricks County, Indiana, named for Daniel Bales, proprietor. 
Danville; city in Boyle County, Kentucky, named for its founder Walker Daniel. 
Danville; village in Montgomery County, Missouri, built on land which formerly 
belonged to Daniel M. Boone, son of Daniel Boone. 
Danville; borough in Montour County, Pennsylvania, named for (Ten. Daniel 
Montgomery, an early settler. 
Danville; town in Caledonia County, Vermont, named for the distinguished French 
admiral, D'Anville. 
Danville; city in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, so named because situated on the 
the river Dan. 
Darby; borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, named from Derby, England, 
whence many of the early settlers came. 
Darbyville; village in Pickaway County, Ohio, named for a Wyandotte Indian 
chief. 
Dare; county in Virginia named for Virginia Dare, the first white child born in the 
New World, 1587. 
t Darke; county in Ohio; 
I Darkesville ; town in Berkeley County, West Virginia. Named for Gen. William 
I Darke, an officer of the Revolution. 
Darling-ton; borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, named for S. P. Darlington, 
a merchant of Pittsburg. 
Darlington; county, and village in same county, in South Carolina, The origin of 
the name is not known, but may have been given in honor of Colonel Darlington, 
a Revolutionary leader. 
Darlington; city in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, named for Joshua Darlington, a 
prominent resident. 
Dartford; village in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, named for the first settler. 
Dartmouth; town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, named, according to Whitmore, 
from the seaport in Devonshire, England; other authorities give William, Earl 
of Dartmouth. 
Dartmouth; college in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, founded by and 
named for William, Earl of Dartmouth. 
Darwin; town in Inyo County, California, and village in Clark County, Illinois, 
named for Charles Darwin, the English naturalist. 
Darysaw; village and township in Grant County, Arkansas. A corruption of the 
French, des ruisseaux, "of the streamlets." 
Dauphin; county in Pennsylvania, named for the Dauphin of France, son of 
Louis XVI. 
Davenport; city in Scott County, Iowa, named for Colonel Davenport, an early 
settles'. 
Davenport; village in Thayer County, Nebraska, named from Davenport, Iowa, 
Davenport; town in Delaware County, New York, named for John Davenport, an 
early settler. 
David City; city in Butler County, Nebraska, named for David Butler, first governor < 
of the State. 
