110 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Dummer; town in Coos County, New Hampshire; 
Dummerston; town in Windham County, Vermont. Named for William Dum- 
mer, lieutenant-governor of Vermont and acting governor of Massachusetts, 
1723-1730. 
Dumont; village in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named for John M. Dumont, a 
mine operator. 
Dunbar; village in Otoe County, Nebraska, named for John Dunbar, a large land- 
owner. 
Dunbar; borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, named for Col. John Dunbar, 
who commanded an English force at this point and was defeated by the French 
and Indians. 
Dunbar; village in Marlboro County, South Carolina, named for a family in the 
neighborhood. 
Dunbarton; town in Merrimac County, New Hampshire, named by Archibald 
Stark, one of the first proprietors, who emigrated from Dunbarton, Scotland. 
Duncan; village in Stark County, Illinois, named for James Henry Duncan, United I 
States Congressman from Massachusetts, 1849-1853. 
Duncan; town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, named for a leading citizen. 
Duncan Falls; town in Muskingum County, Ohio, named for a trader, Major 
Duncan. 
Duncannon; borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, named from the town in 
Wexford, Ireland. 
Duncombe; town in Webster County, Iowa, named for Hon. J. F. Duncombe. 
Dundaff; borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, named from the town in 
Wales. 
Dundee; township in Kane County, Illinois, named from the village in New York. 
Dundee; village in Yates County, New York, named from the town in Scotland. 
A number of other places also bear this name. 
Dundy; county in Nebraska, named for Judge Elmer S. Dundy. 
Dungeness; town in Clallam County, Washington. This name was given to a low 
point of land in the county by Vancouver, because of its resemblance to Dun- 
geness in the British channel, and subsequently applied to the town. 
Dunkirk; city in Chautauqua County, New York, named indirectly from the town 
in France. 
Dunklin; county in Missouri, named for Daniel Dunklin, governor of Missouri in 
1832-1836. 
Dunlap; village in Peoria County, Illinois, named for Alva Dunlap, prominent land- 
owner. 
Dunlap; town in Harrison County, Iowa, named for the superintendent of the Chi- 
cago and Northwestern Railway. 
Dunlap; city in Morris County, Kansas, named for Joseph Dunlap, a trader among 
the Indians and founder of the town. 
Dunlapsville ; town in Union County, Indiana, laid out by John Dunlap, one of the 
first settlers. 
Dunmore; lake in Vermont, named by the Earl of Dunmore, who waded into it and 
formally christened it for himself. 
Dunmore; town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, named for John (Lord) Dun- 
more, governor of Virginia, 1772-1776. 
Dunn; town in Harnet County, North Carolina, named for a resident. 
Dunn; county in North Dakota, named for John P. Dunn, a pioneer of the State in 
1871. 
Dunn; county in Wisconsin, named for Charles Dunn, first chief justice of the 
Territory. 
