134 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Gallitzin; borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, named for its founder, Prince 
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin. 
Gallman; town in Copiah County, Mississippi, named for a leading citizen. 
Galloo; islands in Lake Ontario, Jefferson County, New York, named for an old 
resident. 
Galton; village in Douglas County, Illinois, named for a railroad stockholder. 
Galva; township and town in Henry County, Illinois, named by Olaf Johnson, 
from Gene, his home in Sweden, and Anglicized to the present foun. 
Galva; city in McPherson County, Kansas, named by Mrs. J. E. Doyle for her old 
home in Illinois. 
Galveston; county, and city in same county, in Texas, named for Don Jose Galvez, 
Spanish viceroy of Texas; in 1797 proclaimed king by the people of Mexico. 
Galway ; village in Saratoga County, New York, named from the county in Ireland. 
Gambier; village in Knox County, Ohio, named for Lord James Gambier, a British 
admiral, a benefactor of Kenyon College, located there. 
Gannett; station on the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, named for J. W. Gan- 
nett, auditor of the road. 
Gans; town in Humboldt County, California, named for a settler. 
Gansevoort; village in Saratoga County, New York, named for Col. Peter Ganse- 
voort, w T ho located there soon after the war. 
Garberville; town in Humboldt County, California, named for J. C. Garber. 
Garden; thirty places in the country bear this name, used descriptively, either with 
or without suffixes. 
Garden of the Gods; locality near Pikes Peak, Colorado. Lewis N. Tappan and 
three others went from Denver to select a site for a town. They stood upon a 
rocky prominence and exclaimed, "A fit garden for the gods," hence the name. 
Gardiner; city in Kennebec County, Maine, named for Sylvester Gardiner, one of 
the proprietors of the old Plymouth patent. 
Gardiner; town in Ulster County, New York, named for Addison Gardiner, formerly 
lieutenant-governor. 
Gardiner; river in Yellowstone Park, probably named for an old trapper who was 
a companion of Joseph Meek. 
Gardiners; island lying east of Long Island, named for the first settler, Lyon Gar- 
diner, a Scotchman. 
Gardner; village in Grundy County, Illinois, named for Henry C. Gardner, its 
founder. 
Gardner; city in Johnson County, Kansas, named for Henry J. Gardner, governor 
of Massachusetts in 1855. 
Gardner; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Col. Thos. Gardner, 
who fell at the battle of Bunker Hill. 
Garfield; town in Humboldt County, California, named for the son of Gilbert 
Garfield, a settler. 
Garfield; county and mountain in Colorado; mountain in Idaho; town in Lasalle 
County, Illinois; town in Pawnee County, Kansas; plantation in Aroostook 
County, Maine; county in Nebraska; borough in Bergen County, New Jersey; 
town in Mahoning County, Ohio; county in Oklahoma; town in Clackamas 
County, Oregon; and counties in Utah and Washington; named for President 
James A. Garfield. His name is also borne by many other places in the country. 
Garfield; lake in the town of Monterey, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named 
for a resident family. 
Garland; county in Arkansas, named for A. H. Garland, governor of the State in 1874. 
Garland; town in Penobscot County, Maine, named for Joseph Garland, the first 
settler. 
