126 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Fincastle; town in Botetourt County, Virginia, and several other places directly 
or indirectly named for Governor Lord Dunmore and his son George, Lord 
Fincastle. 
Findlay; city in Hancock County, Ohio, named from Fort Findlay, built by Col. 
James Findlay, of Cincinnati. 
Findley; township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, named for William Findley, 
governor of the State in 1817-1820. 
Fine; town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for John Fine, the principal 
proprietor. 
Finney; county in Kansas, named for David W. Finney, lieutenant-governor in 
1881-1885. 
Fire; hill in Humboldt County, California, so named because in early days it was 
used as a station from which to signal with fire. 
Fire; creek in Missouri, originally called Fire-prairie Creek, because of the fires that 
swept over the prairies. 
Firehole; river in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. The w T ord "hole" was used by 
the early explorers to designate depressions among the mountains, while the first 
part of the name refers to the remarkable geyser region from which the river 
flows. 
Fisher; county, and village in same county, in Texas, named for S. Rhodes Fisher, 
secretary of the navy in Houston's cabinet. 
Fishkill; town, creek, plains, and mountains in Dutchess County, New York, 
named by the early Dutch settlers, vischJcill, "fish creek." 
Fitch; stream in Stark County, Illinois, named for George Fitch, an early settler on 
its banks. 
Fitchburg-; city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for John Fitch, one of 
the committee that procured the act of incorporation. 
Fitchville; township in Huron County, Ohio, named for Colonel Fitch. 
Fithian; village in Vermilion County, Illinois, named for Dr. William Fithian. 
Fitzwilliam; town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, named for the Earl of 
Fitzwilliam. 
Five Corners; village in Miami County, Indiana, so named because it is at the junc- 
tion of several roads. 
Flackville; village in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for John P. Flack, 
first postmaster. 
Flag-staff; town in Coconino County, Arizona, named from a pole set by a party of 
immigrants who camped near and celebrated the Fourth of July. 
Flag-staff; plantation in Somerset County, Maine, so named because Benedict Arnold 
encamped here on his Quebec expedition and erected a flagstaff. 
Flambeau; river and lakes in Wisconsin, so called because of the practice of using 
torches to catch fish at night, 
Flambeau; town in Gates County, Wisconsin, named from the river of the same 
name. 
Flatbush; part of Brooklyn, New York, so named from woods that grew on fiat 
country. 
Flathead; lake, county, and river in Montana, named from an Indian tribe. The 
name originated with the early settlers who called several different tribes of 
Indians by this name on account of their custom of flattening the heads of 
infants by fastening a piece of board or a pad of grass upon the forehead. After 
this had been worn several months it caused a flat appearance of the head. 
Flatonia; city in Fayette County, Texas, named for F. W. Flato, a first settler. 
Flattery; promontory in Washington, so nam°d by Captain Cook, "in token of an 
improvement in our prospects." 
