gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 119 
Emanuel; county in Georgia, named for David Emanuel, at one time president of 
the Georgia senate. 
Emaus; borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, named by the Moravians in 
memory of the little village in Palestine. 
Embarcadero; village in Sonoma County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
" harbor" or "port." 
Embarrass; river and village in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. A French word 
meaning 'obstruction." 
Emerick; village in Madison County, Nebraska, named for John Emerick, an early 
settler. 
Emery; village in Macon County, Illinois, named for Charles F. Emery, a neigh- 
boring landowner. 
Emery; county in Utah, named for George W. Emery, governor in 1875-1880. 
Emigrant Gap; town in Placer County, California, named from the pass in the 
Sierra Nevada through which the pioneers of 1849 entered the State. 
Eminence; city in Henry County, Kentucky, so named because of its situation on 
the highest point of land between Louisville and Lexington. 
Emlenton; borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania, named for Emlen, the wife 
of Joseph M. Fox, one of the original proprietors. 
Emma; mountain in Arizona, named by Maj. J. W. Powell, of the United States 
Geological Survey, for his wife, Emma. 
{Emmet; county in Iowa, and county, and village in Saint Clair County, in Michigan; 
Emmetsburg; city in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Named for the Irish patriot, 
Robert W. Emmet. 
Emmitsburg; town in Frederick County, Maryland, named for William Emmitt, 
its founder. 
Emmons; mountains in Colorado and Utah, named for S. F. Emmons, the geologist. 
Emmons; mountain in New York, named for Ebenezer Emmons, geologist. 
Emmons; county in North Dakota, named for James A. Emmons, a pioneer steam- 
boat man and merchant of Bismarck. 
Emory; town in Washington County, Virginia, named from Emory and Henry 
College, which is situated there and which received part of its name from Bishop 
Emory. 
Empire; city in Cherokee County, Kansas, so named by the founder, S. L. Cheney, 
on account of the town topping a ridge. 
(Emporia; city in Lyon County, Kansas; 
{Emporium; borough in Cameron County, Pennsylvania. A Latin word meaning 
I "center of trade." 
Emuckfaw; village in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. A Creek Indian word mean- 
ing "shell medal." 
Encinal; village in Santa Clara County, California. A Spanish word meaning "for- 
est of evergreen oak." 
Encinitas; township in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"little oaks." 
Enfield; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, named, according to Dr. J. G. 
Holland, for Robert Field. 
Enfield; towns in Grafton County, New Hampshire, and in Halifax County, North 
Carolina, named from the birthplace of John Wesley in England. 
Engelmann; canyon and peak in Colorado, named for the botanist. 
Englewood; city in Bergen County, New Jersey, named from the English "wood 
ingle," a w T oody nook or corner. 
Englund; village in Marshall County, Minnesota, named for its first postmaster. 
Ennis; city in Ellis County, Texas, named for Cornelius Ennis, of Houston, a prom- 
inent railroad official. 
