gannett.] PLACE NAMKS IN THE UNITED STATES. l v 27 
Flavel; summer resort in Clatsop County, Oregon, named for a prominenl resident 
of Astoria. 
Fleming; town in Cayuga County, New York, named for Gen. George Fleming, an 
old resident. 
(Fleming-; county in Kentucky; 
Flemingsburg; town in Fleming County. Named for Col. John Fleming, an early 
1 settler in the State. 
Flint; river in Georgia; a translation of the Indian word thronatuska, also lonoto, 
" flint." 
Flint; city in Genesee County and river in Michigan; called by the Indians, pawon- 
nuk-ening, "river of the flint." 
Flirt; lake in Florida, named for a Government schooner. 
Flora; city in Clay County, Illinois, named for Flora Whittleby, daughter of the 
founder. 
Flora; town in Madison County, Mississippi, named by W. B. Jones for his wife. 
Floral Park; village in Nassau County, New York, so named because of the abun- 
dance of flowers. 
Florence; city in Lauderdale County, Alabama, village in Hampshire County, 
Massachusetts, and town in Oneida County, New York, named from the city 
in Italy. 
Florence; city in Marion County, Kansas, named for Miss Florence Crawford, of 
Topeka. 
Florence; town in Ravalli County, Montana, named for Florence Abbott Ham- 
mond, wife of A. B. Hammond, of Missoula. 
Florence; village in Douglas County, Nebraska, named for Miss Florence Kilbourn. 
Florence; county, and township and town in same county, in South Carolina, named 
for the daughter of Gen. W. W. Hardlee. 
Florence; county in Wisconsin, named for the Florence Mining Company. 
Flores; creek in Idaho, named from the flowers on its banks. 
Florida; State of the Union, named by Ponce de Leon, the florid or flowery land. 
He chose this name for two reasons: First, because the country presented a 
pleasant aspect; and, second, because he landed on the festival which the Span- 
iards call Pascua de Flores, or Pascua Florida, "Feast of flowers," which corre- 
sponds to Palm Sunday. The second reason is generally considered to have more 
weight. 
Florissant; town in El Paso County, Colorado, named by Judge James Castello from 
his old home in Missouri. 
Florissant; city in St. Louis County, Missouri, named from the flowery valley in 
which it is situated. 
Flowing- Well; town in San Diego County, California, named from the artesian 
wells used for irrigating purposes. 
Floyd; county in Georgia, named for Gen. John Floyd, at one time member of Con- 
gress from that State. 
Floyd; county in Indiana, said by some authorities to have been named for Col. 
John Floyd, while others claim that it was named for Davis Floyd. 
Floyd; county, town in same county, and river in Iowa, named for Sergt. Charles 
Floyd, of the Lewis and Clarke exploring party. 
Floyd; county in Kentucky, named for Col. John Floyd, an officer of the Revolution. 
Floyd; town in Oneida County, New York, named for William Floyd, a signer of 
the Declaration of Independence. 
Floyd; county in Texas, named for Dolfin Floyd, who fell at the Alamo. 
Floyd; county, and town in same county in Virginia, named for Gov. John Floyd. 
Floyds; creek in Adair County, Missouri, named for an early settler who came from 
Kentucky. 
