116 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Elbert; county and peak in Colorado, named for Samuel W. Elbert, governor of the 
Territory in 1873-74. 
{Elbert; county in Georgia; 
Elberton; city in Elbert County, Georgia. Named for Samuel Elbert, formerly a 
governor of the State. 
Elbow; lake in Maine, so called because of its shape. 
Elbridge; town in Onondaga County, New York, probably named after Elbridge 
Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
El Cajon; township in San Diego County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning 
"the box," often applied to high- walled canyons. 
El Campo; town in Marin County > California. A Spanish phrase meaning "the 
flat country." 
El Capitan; cliff in the Yosemite Valley, California. The name is Spanish, meaning 
"the captain." 
El Casco; village in Riverside County, California. A Spanish word meaning "the 
cranium." 
El Chorro; village in San Luis Obispo County, California. A descriptive Spanish 
name, meaning "the gushing water." 
Eldena; village in Lee County, Illinois, named for the wife of the founder. 
Eldora; city in Hardin County, Iowa; 
Eldorado; county in California, the first in which gold was discovered, city in But- 
ler County, Kansas, and many other places. From the Spanish, meaning "the 
gilded." ' 
Eldorado; city in Saline County, Illinois, originally named for two settlers, Elder 
and Reed, but the spelling was afterwards changed to its present form. 
Eldred; township and borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, named for Judge 
Nathaniel B. Eldred. 
Electric; peak in Yellowstone Park, named by Henry Gannett, United States geog- 
rapher, on account of a severe electrical storm encountered there. 
Eleroy; village in Stephenson County, Illinois, named for E. Leroy, son of Hiram 
Jones, a first settler. 
Eleven Mile; creek in Genesee County, New York, so called because it crosses the 
Buffalo road eleven miles from Buffalo. 
Elgin; city in Kane County, Illinois, named for the Earl of Elgin. Another author- 
ity states that the name is transferred from the city in Scotland. 
Eliseo; town in Ventura County, California, The Spanish form of Elijah. 
Elizabeth; cape in Maine, and group of islands in Massachusetts, named in honor of 
Queen Elizabeth of England. This word, either alone or with suffixes, forms 
the names of 25 places in the United States, most of which were so named. 
Elizabeth; city in Union County, New Jersey, named for the wife of Lord Carteret. 
Elizabeth; borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, named by the founder, 
Stephen Bayard, for his wife. 
Elizabeth; town in Wirt County, West Virginia, named for Elizabeth, the wife ofi 
David Beauchamp. 
Elizabeth City, county in Virginia, and town in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, 
named for Queen Elizabeth, of England. 
Elizabethtown; town in Bartholomew County, Indiana, named for Elizabeth 
Bran ham, the wife of the founder. 
Elizabethtown; city in Hardin County, Kentucky, named for the wife of Col. John 
Hardin, for whom the county was named. 
Elizabethtown; town in Bladen County, North Carolina, named for the wife of 
Lord Carteret, Elizabeth. 
