iannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 131 
Frankford; station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named by a laid company which 
organized at Frankfort-on-the-Main in Germany, and which purchased the land 
upon which German town and other suburbs now stand. 
Frankfort; city in Clinton County, Indiana, named for the city In Kentucky. 
Frankfort; city in Marshall County, Kansas. The origin of the name is in dispute; 
one authority says it was named for Frank Schmidt, of Marysville, owner of the 
site, and another states the name was transferred from Frankfort-on-the-Main. 
Frankfort; city in Franklin County, Kentucky, named for one of aband of pioneers, 
who alone succeeded in fording the Kentucky River, and was killed by Indians 
on reaching the opposite bank. 
Frankfort; village in Herkimer County, New York, named for Lawrence Frank, an 
early settler. 
Franklin; counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida; county, and town in Heard 
County, in Georgia; counties in Illinois and Indiana; county, and town in Lee 
County, in Iowa; county in Kansas; county, and city in Simpson County, in Ken- 
tucky; parish in Louisiana; county, and town in Hancock County, in Maine; 
county, and town in Norfolk County, in Massachusetts; counties in Mississippi 
and Missouri; county, and town in same county, in Nebraska; county, and 
village in Delaware County, in New York; county, and town in Macon County, 
in North Carolina; county in Ohio; county, and boroughs in Cambria and 
Venango counties, Pennsylvania; counties in Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and 
Washington; and mountain in New Hampshire; named for Benjamin Franklin. 
Many other places throughout the country bear his name. 
Franklin; town in Delaware County, New York, named for Temple Franklin. 
Franklin; county in Texas, named forB. C. Franklin, first judge of the district court 
of the republic. 
Frankstown; village in Blair County, Pennsylvania, named for Stephen Franks, a 
German trader. 
Franktown; town in Douglas County, Colorado, named for Hon. J. Frank Gard- 
ner, an early resident. 
Fraser; village in Macomb County, Michigan, named for a lawyer from Detroit, 
Michigan. 
Frazer; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Frazer; village in Delaware County, New York, named for Hugh Frazer, an early 
patentee. 
Frederic; town in Crawford County, Michigan, named for Frederick Barker, a 
pioneer. 
Frederica; town in Glynn County, Georgia, named for Frederick, Prince of Wales. 
Frederick; county in Maryland, named for Frederick, son of Charles, Fifth Lord 
Baltimore. It may have been given also in reference to Frederick, Prince of 
Wales. 
[Frederick; county in Virginia; 
| Fredericksburg; city in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. Named for Frederick, 
* Prince of Wales. 
Fredericktown; city in Madison County, Missouri, named for George Frederick 
Bollinger, a former member of the State legislature. 
Fredonia; city in Wilson County, Kansas, named for Fredonia, New York. 
Fredonia; village in Chautauqua County, New York. The name was devised to 
signify "land of freedom," and proposed as a name for the United States. 
Freeborn; county, and township in same county, in Minnesota, named for William 
Freeborn, a member of the council in 1855. 
Freehold; town in Monmouth County, New Jersey, originally a freehold. 
Freelandsville- village in Knox County, Indiana, named for Dr. John F. Freeland. 
