gannett] PLACE NANES IN THE UNITED STATES. 115 
Edisto; river and island in South Carolina, named from an Indian tribe. 
Edmeston; town in Otsego County, New York, named for Robert Edmeston, an 
early pioneer. 
Edmonson; county of Kentucky, named for Capt. Jack Edmonson, who fell at the 
battle of Raisin River. 
Edmunds; county in South Dakota, named in honor of Newton Edmunds, governor 
in 1863. 
Edna; city in Labette County, Kansas, named in 1876 for a child, Edna Gragery. 
Edwards; county in Illinois, named for Ninian Edwards, governor of Illinois Terri- 
tory in 1809. 
Edwards; county in Kansas, named for W. C. Edwards, of Hutchinson, first settler, 
who took active part in its organization. 
Edwards; town in Hinds County, Mississippi, named for Dick Edwards, owner and 
proprietor of the Edwards House, Jackson, Mississippi. 
Edwards; town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Edward McCormack, 
brother of the founder. 
Edwards; town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, named for a prominent family 
of the neighborhood. 
Edwards; county in Texas, named for Harden Edwards, who established, under 
grant from the Mexican Government, a colony at Nacogdoches in 1825. 
Edwardsport; village in Knox County, Indiana, named for Edwards Wilkins. 
Edwardsville ; city in Madison County, Illinois, named for Ninian Edwards, Terri- 
torial governor in 1809. 
Edwardsville; village in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Jonathan S. 
Edwards, the first postmaster. 
Eel; river in California, named horn the Indian word wishosk, "eel river," so called 
because of its winding course. 
Eel; river in Indiana, called by the Indians shoamaque, "slippery fish." The Indiana 
State Historical Geology, 1882, gives the Indian name as ke-wa-be-gwinn-maig, 
and the meaning "snake-fish-river." 
Effingham; county in Georgia, named for Lord Effingham. 
Effingham; county in Illinois. The origin of the name is in doubt. It has been 
stated that the county was named for Gen. Edward Effingham", a surveyor, or it 
may have been named for Lord Effingham, an officer in the British army, who 
resigned his commission rather than fight against the American colonies in their 
struggle for liberty. 
Effingham; city in Atchison County, Kansas, named for Effingham Nichols, of 
Boston, a promoter of the Central Branch, Union Pacific Railroad. 
Sgbertsville; village in Richmond County, New York, named for James Egberts- 
ville, a former resident. 
Egg Harbor; township, and city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, bordering on the 
ocean and Great Egg Harbor Bay. It was so called because of the number of 
gull's eggs found near the bay. 
Egremont; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, supposed to have received its 
name from Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, who was secretary of state in 
1071. 
Egypt; fourteen places of the United States are named from the ancient country in 
Africa, the Hebrew expression for "the land of oppression." 
Shrenberg; town in Yuma County, Arizona, founded in 1856' by Herman Ehren- 
berg. 
Ehrhardt; town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, named for a prominent 
family. 
Elba; there are sixteen places of this name in the United States, most of which 
were named from the island in the Mediterranean. 
