128 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. |bull. 258. 
Flushing; town in Queens County, New York, now a part of New York City, called 
by the early Dutch settlers, " Vlissengen" of which the present name is a cor- 
ruption. Some authorities claim that the early settlers came from Flushing, 
Holland. 
Fluvanna; county in Virginia, named from a river which was named for Queen 
Anne, of England. . 
Fly; stream, and swamp of 12,000 acres, in Fulton County, New York. From vlaie, 
meaning a "channel of water," a name given by the Dutch settlers, from the 
fact that the region is land at certain seasons and water at other times. The 
name was corrupted by the Scotch, Dutch, and Irish settlers to the present form. 
Foard; county in Texas, named for Robert L. Foard. 
Folsom; post-office in Sacramento County, California, laid out on a ranch formerly 
owned by the Folsom family. 
Folsom; peak in Yellowstone Park, named for David E. Folsom, leader of an expedi- 
tion in 1869. 
Fonda; village in Montgomery County, New York, named for Douw Fonda. 
Fond du Liac; town in St. Louis County, Minnesota, and county, and city in same 
county, in Wisconsin, so named because of their situation. A French phrase, 
meaning "end of the lake." 
Fontaine-qui-Bouille; creek in Colorado, so named because its head is a spring of 
water highly aerated. A French phrase, "fountain which boils." 
Fontana; city in Miami County, Kansas, named from a spring a mile west of the 
town site. 
Fontanelle; town in Adair County, Iowa, and creek in Wyoming, named for a 
trapper in the employ of the American Fur Company. 
Ford; county in Illinois, named for Thomas Ford, governor of the State in 1842-1846. 
Ford; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, named for James H. Ford, 
colonel of Second Colorado Cavalry. 
Ford; village in Holt County, Nebraska, named for an early settler. 
Forellen; peak in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. A German word meaning 
"trout." 
Forest; counties in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, so named from the forests within 
their limits. The name occurs, either alone or with suffixes, as the name of 
ninety places in the country. 
Forrest; town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, named for Gen. N. B. Forrest, who 
built the first house there. 
Forsyth; county, and city in Monroe County, in Georgia, named for Governor John 
Forsyth. 
Forsyth; village in Macon County, Illinois, named for Robert Forsyth, a railroad 
official. 
Forsyth; county in North Carolina, named for Major Forsyth, a distinguished officer 
of the State, killed in the war of 1812. 
Fort Ann; village in Washington County, New York, named from an old fortifica- 
tion built in 1756, during the wars with the French. 
Fort Atkinson; city in Jefferson County; Wisconsin, named for Gen. Henry Atkii- 
son, who commanded a stockade there during the Black Hawk war. 
Fort Bend; county in Texas, named from a fort on Brazos River. 
Fort Benton; town in Choteau County, Montana, on the site of an old fort which 
was named for Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri. 
Fort Collins; city in Larimer County, Colorado, named for Col. W. T. Collins of 
the Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
Fort Covington; village in Franklin County, New York, named for Gen. Leonard 
Covington. 
