annett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 107 
Dixon; town in Solano County, California, named for Thomas Dixon, a pioneer 
settler. 
pixon; city in Lee County, Illinois, named for John Dixon, the founder. 
Oixon; town in Webster County, Kentucky, named for Hon. Archibald Dixon. 
Dixville; town in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for Col. Timothy Dix, firsl 
settler. 
Doane; mount in Yellowstone Park, named for Lieut. Gustavus ( '. Doane, United 
States Army, who commanded the military escort of an expedition in L870. 
bobbins; town in Yuba County, California, named for a settler. 
pobbs Ferry; village in Westchester County, New York, named for a Swede who 
! owned a ferry. 
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Dobson; town in Surry County, North Carolina, named for \V. P. Dobson, State 
senator. 
Doctortown; town in Wayne County, Georgia, built upon the site of an old Indian 
settlement, which was the abode of a great "medicine man." 
)oddridg-e; county in West Virginia, named for Philip Doddridge, a distinguished 
statesman of western Virginia. 
Dodge; county in Georgia, named for W. E. Dodge, of New York, who, with W. P. 
Eastman, presented a court-house to the county. See Eastman. 
)odg-e; city in Ford County, Kansas, on the site of old Fort Dodge, and counties in 
" Minnesota and Wisconsin, named for Gen. Henry Dodge, governor of Wisconsin 
Territory, and later United States Senator from Wisconsin. 
)odg-e; county in Nebraska, named for Augustus Caesar Dodge, United States Sen- 
ator from Iowa. 
Dodge Center; village in Dodge County, Minnesota; 
Dodg-eville; city in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Named for Gen. Henry Dodge, gov- 
ernor of Wisconsin Territory. 
)olores; county in Colorado, named from the Rio Dolores. A Spanish word, mean- 
ing "grief," which has a special significance among the Spaniards, 1 eing one of 
the titles of the Virgin Mary. 
)olph; village in Tillamook County, Oregon, named tor J. N. Dolph, United States 
Senator. 
Jominguez; creek in Colorado, named for a Spanish priest, who was one of the 
early explorers in this region. 
)omke; mountain, lake, and creek in Chelan County, in Washington, named for the 
first settler in the vicinity. 
)ofia Ana; county, and town in same county, in New Mexico. A Spanish name 
meaning "Madam Anna," and probably given in honor of some Spanish matron. 
)onaldsonville; town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, named for William Donald- 
son. 
)onderberg; mountain in New York, on the Hudson. A Dutch word, meaning 
"thunder mountain," so called by the early Dutch settlers because of the fre- 
quent thunder storms in its vicinity. 
)onegal; borough and township in Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania, named 
from the town in Ireland. 
,)ong-ola; village in Union County, Illinois, named by the founder from Dongola in 
Africa. 
)oniphan; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, city in Ripley County. Mis- 
souri, and village in Hall County, Nebraska, named lor Col. Alexander William 
Doniphan, a distinguished western soldier. 
)onley; county in Texas named for Stockton P. Donley, justice of the supreme 
court of the State. 
>onnaha; post-office in Forsyth County, North Carolina, named lor the last chief 
of the Sauras. 
