102 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Deadmans; island in San Pedro Bay, Los Angeles County, California, supposed to 
be an Indian burial ground, because of the skeletons found in excavating. 
Deadwood; town in Trinity County, California, and city in Lawrence County, South 
Dakota, named from adjacent forests of dead timber. 
Deaf Smith; county in Texas, named for Erastus Smith, Indian and Mexican 
tighter and scout, so called because his hearing was imperfect. 
Deal; island in Maryland. The name is corrupted from the old name, Devils Island. 
(Deal; borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey; 
Deal Beach; post-office in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Named from Deal, 
I England. 
Deal Island; village in Somerset County, Maryland, named from the island. 
Deansville; village in Oneida County, New York, named for Thomas Dean, agent 
of the Brothertown Indians. 
Dearborn; county in Indiana, town in Wayne County, Michigan, river in Montana, 
and mount in South Carolina, named for Gen. Henry Dearborn, Secretary of 
War under President Thomas Jefferson. 
Death; valley in Inyo County, California, so called because of the death of a party 
of immigrants from thirst and starvation. A gloomy tract of desert, 159 feet 
below sea level. 
Deblois; town in Washington County, Maine, named for Thomas Amory Deblois, 
a bank president. 
Decatur; counties in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, and Kansas; towns in Newton County, 
Mississippi, and Otsego County, New York, and many other places;, named for 
Commodore Stephen Decatur. 
Deckertown; borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, named for a family numerous 
in the neighborhood. 
Decorah; city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, named for Dehere, meaning "spoon," 
a Winnebago chief. Another authority gives the orthography as Decorie. 
Dedham; town in Hancock County, Maine, named from the Massachusetts town. 
Dedham; town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, named from the parish in Eng- 
land. 
Deep; river in North Carolina. A translation of the Indian name sapponah, "deep 
river." 
Deep River; town in Poweshiek County, Iowa, named from a creek near. 
Deerfield: descriptive name given to many places. The town in Rockingham 
County, New Hampshire, was so named because when the petition for a town 
was pending Mr. Batchelder killed a deer, and upon presenting it to Governor 
Wentworth obtained the act and name. 
Deerfield; township in Portage County, Ohio, named from Deerfield Valley, in 
Massachusetts. 
Deering; town in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, named by Governor Benning 
Wentworth for the maiden name of his wife. 
Deer Isle; town in Hancock County, Maine, named from three islands upon which 
deer were very abundant. 
Deerlodge; county, and town in Powell County, in Montana, named from a salt lick 
where deer came in droves. 
Defiance; county, and city in same county, in Ohio, named from a fort erected 
by Gen. Anthony Wayne in defiance of the British and Indians. 
De Funiak Springs; celebrated resort in Walton County, Florida, named for a 
resident of Nashville. 
Dehesa; town in San Diego Count v, California. A Spanish word meaning "pasture 
land." 
Dekalb; township and city in Dekalb County, Illinois, named from the county. 
