122 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Eudora; city in Douglas County, Kansas, named for the daughter of Pascal Fish. 
Eufaula; town in Barbour County, Alabama; named from a former noted Creek 
Indian town ( Yufala) of that vicinity; meaning unknown. 
Eugene; city in Lane County, Oregon, named for Eugene F. Skinner, its first settler. 
Eulalia; township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, named for the first child born 
within its limits. 
Eureka; cities in Humboldt County, California, Woodford County, Illinois, and 
Greenwood County, Kansas, and county in Nevada. A Greek expression mean- 
ing "I have found it," 
Eustis; town in Lake County, Florida, named for Gen. Henry L. Eu'stis. 
Eustis; town in Franklin County, Maine, named for Charles L. Eustis, an early 
proprietor. 
Eutaw; town in Greene County, Alabama. 
Eutaw Spring-; small affluent of the Santee River in South Carolina. According to 
Gatschet it is named from the Indian tribe, also known as etiwaw, or from itawa, 
"pine tree." 
Eutawville; town in Berkeley County, South Carolina, named from the famous 
Eutaw Spring. 
Evangeline; township in Charlevoix County, Michigan, named for the heroine of 
Longfellow's poem. 
Evans; town in Weld County, Colorado, named for John Evans, a former governor 
of Colorado. 
Evans; town in Erie County, New York, named for David E. Evans, agent of the 
Holland Land Company. 
Evansburg; village in Coshocton County, Ohio, named for Isaac Evans,, who laid 
it out, 
Evans Mills; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for Ethni Evans, a 
resident mill owner. 
Evanston; town in Cook County, Illinois, and city in Uinta County, Wyoming, 
named for John Evans, a former governor of Colorado. 
Evansville; city in Vanderburg County, Indiana, named for Gen. Robert Evans, 
w'ho laid it out. 
Evansville; city in Rock County, Wisconsin, named for Calvin Evans, a first settler. 
Evart; township and village in Osceola County, Michigan, named for Frank Evart, 
a pioneer. 
Evarts; mountain in Yellowstone Park, named for Truman C. Evarts. 
Evening Shade; town in Sharp County, Arkansas, so named from the density of 
shade cast by the tall pine timber on an adjacent hill. 
Everett; city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and town in Bedford County, 
Pennsylvania, named for Edward Everett, of Massachusetts. 
Everetts; town in Martin County, North Carolina, named for a resident family. 
Ewing; village in Cole County, Missouri, named from citizen living near by. 
Ewings; creek in Missouri. Ewing is probably a contraction of "E. Wing," which 
designated this creek upon an early map. 
Excelsior; towns in Sonoma and Sierra counties, California. A Latin word mean- 
ing " ever upward." 
Excelsior Springs; city in Clay County, Missouri, named from the medicinal 
springs. 
Exeter; town in Scott County, Illinois, named from Exeter, New Hampshire, the 
former home of its founders. 
Exeter; towns in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and Washington County, 
Rhode Island, and twelve other places, named from Exeter in England. 
Eyota; village in Olmstead County, Minnesota. From a Sioux Indian word, iyotak, 
meaning ' ' greatest, " " most, ' ' 
