130 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Geneseo; cities in Henry County, Illinois, and Kice County, Kansas, and town in 
Livingston County, New York, on the Genesee River. The name is a modifica- 
tion of Genesee. 
Geneva; county, and town in same county, in Alabama, and city and town in Ontario 
county, New York, and twenty other places, the name having been transferred 
from the city in Switzerland. 
Geneva; township and city in Kane County, Illinois, and township and village in 
Ashtabula County, Ohio, named from the city in New York. 
Genoa; township and village in Dekalb County, Illinois, named from the town in 
New York. 
Genoa; town in Cayuga County, New York, and fourteen other places bear the 
name of the city in Italy. 
Gentry; county, and town in same county, in Missouri, named for Col. Richard 
Gentry, killed at the battle of Okeechobee, Florida. 
George; lake in eastern New York, named for George II of England. 
Georgetown; town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named for George Griffith, 
clerk of the court. 
Georgetown; town in Sussex County, Delaware, named for Commissioner George 
Mitchell, a prominent resident. 
Georgetown; formerly a city, now a part of the District of Columbia, named for 
George Boone, an Englishman who purchased several tracts of land in the 
neighborhood. 
Georgetown; village in Vermilion County, Illinois, named for George Haworth, son 
of the founder. 
Georgetown; village in Brown County, Indiana, named for George Grove, its 
founder. 
Georgetown; towns in Eldorado County, California, and Scott County, Kentucky, 
named for President George Washington. 
Georgetown; town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, and county, and city in same 
county, in South Carolina, named for George I, King of England. 
Georgetown; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, thought to be named from 
George Peabody, a London banker, who built a memorial church and endowed 
a public library. 
Georgetown; county, and city in same county, in South Carolina, named for King 
George III, of England. 
Georgetown; town in Williamson County, Texas, said to have been named for 
George Glasscock, an early settler. 
Georgia; State of the Union, named by and for King George II, of England. 
Georgia; strait between Washington and Vancouver Island, named for George III, 
King of England. 
German; town in Chenango County, New York, named for Gen. Obadiah German, 
the original proprietor. 
German Flats; town in Herkimer County, New York, named so from the German 
settlers on the Mohawk Flats. 
Germanton; village in Stokes County, North Carolina, settled by Germans. 
Gerry; town in Chautauqua County, New York, named for Elbridge Gerry, a signer 
of the Declaration of Independence. 
Gervais; town in Marion County, Oregon, named for Joseph Gervais, a pioneer. 
Gethsemane; town in Nelson County, Kentucky, named for the garden at the foot 
of the Mount of Olives. 
Gettysburg; borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, named for James Gettys, 
who laid it out. 
Geuda; city in Sumner County, Kansas, named from the mineral springs near. 
