gannett] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 103 
Dekalb; counties in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Tennessee, 
and numerous places in the country, named for Baron De ECalb, who fell at the 
battle of Camden. 
De Lacy; creek in Yellowstone Park, named for William \Y. De Lacy, the firsl 
white man known to have passed along the valley. 
De La Mar; town in Shasta County, California. From the Spanish, meaning "by 
the sea. ' ' 
Delancey; village in Delaware County, New York, named for James De Lancey, an 
early patentee. 
De Land; town in Volusia County, Florida, named for 11. A. De band, a manu- 
facturer of Fairport, New York, who founded it, 
Delano; town in Kern County, California, and mountains in Montana and Utah, 
named for Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior under President Grant. 
Delavan; township and city in Tazewell County, Illinois, and city in Walworth 
County, Wisconsin, named for E. C. Delavan, a temperance advocate of Albany, 
New York. 
Delaware; State of the Union, river, and counties in Indiana, Iowa, New York, 
Ohio, and Pennsylvania, named for Lord de la Wan-, governor and first captain- 
general of Virginia. Many small places also bear this name. A tribe of Indians 
was known by this name, and in the case of the county in Indiana, the name 
was given because this tribe had villages within the boundaries of the county. 
(Deleon; town in Comanche County, Texas; 
iDeleon Springs; town in Volusia County, Florida. Named for Ponce de Leon. 
Delgada; point in California, named for an old Spanish explorer. 
Delhi; village in Delaware County, New York, named from the city in India. 
Several other places bear this name. 
Dellenbaugii; mount in Arizona, named for F. S. Dellenbaugh, the artist, by the 
Powell survey. 
Delmar; town on the border between Delaware and Maryland, named from the first 
syllables of the name of each State. 
Del Monte; city in Monterey County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning "of 
the mountain." 
Del Norte; county in California, situated in the northwest corner of the State. 
Spanish words, meaning "of the north." 
Del Norte; town in Rio Grande County, Colorado, named from the river Rio < irande 
del Norte, "grand river of the north." 
Delphi; town in Carroll County, Indiana, and village in Onondaga County, New 
York, named for the ancient town in Phocis. 
Delphos; city in Allen County, Ohio, and several other places named from the 
classical Delphos of Greece. 
Del Rey; town in FYesno County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning "of the 
king." 
Del Rio; town in Valverde County, Texas, named from its situation on Rio (irande. 
Spanish words, meaning "of the river." 
Delrosa; town in San Bernardino County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning 
"of the rose." 
Delsur; town in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning "of 
the south." 
Delta; town in Shasta County, California, and counties in Michigan and Texas, so 
named because triangular in shape. 
Delta; county in Colorado, named from a delta of arable land at the mouth of the 
Uncompahgre River, where it flows into Gunnison River. 
De Luz; township in San Diego County, California. From the Spanish, meaning 
"the light," "inspiration." 
