112 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 268) 
Dycusburg; village in Crittenden County, Kentucky, named for William E. Dycus, 
its founder. 
fDyer; county in Tennessee; 
Dyersburg-; city in Dyer County, Tennessee. Named for Col. Henry Dyer, who 
I fell at the battle of New Orleans. 
Dyersville; town in Dubuque County, Iowa, named for a former owner, James Dyer. 
Dyerville; town in Humboldt County, California, named for a settler. 
Dysart; town in Tama County, Iowa, named from the town in Scotland. 
Eagle; this word, either alone or with suffixes, forms the name of 81 post-offices in 
the United States — in many cases so called because of the former presence of the 
bird. 
Eagle; county in Colorado. Hall's History gives the origin as from the river of that 
name flowing through this county. 
Eagle Pass; town in Maverick County, Texas, so named because the contour of the 
hills through which the Rio Grande flows bore a fancied resemblance to the 
outstretched wings of an eagle. 
Eagle River; village in Keweenaw County, Michigan, named from the Indian 
m ig-isiwisibi, meaning ' ' eagle. ' ' 
Earl Park; town in Benton County, Indiana, laid out by Adams Earl and A. D. Raub. 
Earlville; town in Delaware County, Iowa, named for its first settler, G. M. Earl. 
Earlville; village in Madison County, New York, named for Jonas Earl, canal 
commissioner. 
Early; county in Georgia, named in honor of Peter Early, governor of the State in 
1813. 
Easley; town in Pickens County, South Carolina, named for General Easley, a prom- 
inent South Carolinian. 
East Baton Roug-e; parish in Louisiana. See Baton Rouge. 
East Bend; town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, named from the bend in the 
Yadkin River at that point. 
East Brady; borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny River, 
east of Bradys bend. 
East Bridgewater; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, named from the 
original name of Brockton, Massachusetts, which first received the name of 
Bridgewater in honor of a celebrated English duke. 
East Carroll; parish in Louisiana, named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. 
East Fallowrield; townships in Crawford and Washington counties, Pennsylvania, 
said to be named for Lancelot Fallowfield, one of the first purchasers of land 
from William Penn. 
East Feliciana; parish in Louisiana. A Spanish word meaning "dome." 
East Greenbush; town in Rensselaer County, New York, named by the Dutch, het 
groen, bosch, meaning "green bush," because of the pine woods near, which 
were continually green. 
East Greenwich; town in Kent County, Rhode Island, named from the manor of 
East Greenwich in Kent County, England. 
Eastham; town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, named from its extreme 
eastern situation in the county. 
Eastland; county, and town in same county, in Texas, named for M. VV. Eastland. 
Eastman; town in Dodge County, Georgia, named for W. P. Eastman, who, with 
W. E. Dodge, presented the county with a court house. 
Easton; town in Talbot County, Maryland, so named because of its location east- 
erly of St. Michaels. 
Easton; city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, named from the estate of an 
English nobleman, Lord Pomphret. 
