gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. L09 
Downs; city in Osborne County, Kansas, nam ed for William K. Downs, of Atchison. 
Downsville; village in Delaware County, New York, situated on Downs Creek. 
Both are named for Abel Downs, who had a tannery there. 
Dows; town in Wright County, Iowa, named for a railroad contractor. 
Doylestown; borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, named for William Doyle, 
an early settler. 
Dracut; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named from the home of the 
Varnum family, in Wales. 
Drakes; bay in California, named for Sir Francis Drake, the navigator. 
Drakesville; town in Davis County, Iowa, named lor John A. Drake, who laid it 
out. 
Drayton; town in Dooly County, Georgia, named for Colonel Drayton, of South 
Carolina. 
Dresden; fifteen places in the country bear the name of the city in < rermany. 
Drew; county in Arkansas, named for Thomas S. Drew, governor in 1844-1848. 
Drew; village in Sunflower County, Mississippi, named for a railroad man. 
r Drewry; bluff on Japies River, Virginia; 
Drewry Bluff; post-office in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Named for Maj. 
1 Augustus Drewry. 
Drummond; lake in the center of Dismal Swamp in Virginia, named for William 
Drummond, former governor of North Carolina. Another authority says that 
it was named for a hunter who discovered it. 
Dryden; town in Tompkins County, New York, named for the poet, John Dryden. 
Dry Tortug-as; ten small islands off the coast of Florida. The name was given 
from the lack of springs and abundance of sea turtles. Tortugas is a Spanish 
word meaning "tortoises." 
Duane; town in Franklin County, New York, named for James Duane, proprietor 
and first settler. 
Duanesburg-; town in Schenectady County, New York. French says that it was 
named for James Duane, the principal proprietor. Gordon says it was named 
for Judge Duane. 
Dublin; city in Laurens County, Georgia, named from the city in Ireland. Several 
other places are named from the same. 
Dubois; township and village in Washington County, Illinois, named for Jesse K. 
Du Bois, State auditor of public accounts, 1856-1864. 
Dubois; county in Indiana, named for Toussaint Dubois, who had charge of the 
guides and spies in the Tippecanoe campaign. 
Dubois; borough in Pennsylvania, named for its founder, John Dubois. 
ibubuque; county, and city in same county, in Iowa, named for a French trader, 
Julien Dubuque. 
Duck Hill; town in Montgomery County, Mississippi, named from a hill near the 
town where ducks were plentiful in early days. 
Dudley; town in Kings County, California, named from the town in Massachusetts. 
Dudley; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for two brothers, Paul 
and William Dudley, who were among the first proprietors. 
Dufur; village in Wasco County, Oregon, named for an old settler. 
Dukes; county in Massachusetts, so named because it was under the government of 
the Duke of York, afterwards James II. 
Duluth; city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, named for Sieur Daniel Graysolon 
Duluth, a French traveler. 
Dulzura; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning "gen- 
tleness, " " forbearance. ' ' 
Dumfries; town in Prince William County, Virginia, named from the town in 
Scotland. 
