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{Gibbon; river and hill in Yellowstone Park and village in Umatilla County, Oregon; 
Gibbonsville; town in Lemhi County, Idaho. Named for Gen. John Gibbon, 
United States Army. 
Gibraltar; villages in Wayne County, Michigan, Union County, North Carolina, 
and Berks County, Pennsylvania, named from the city in Spain. 
Gibson; county in Indiana, named for John Gibson, secretary and acting governor 
of Indiana Territory in 1811-1813. 
Gibson; county, and town in same county, in Tennessee, named for Col. Thomas 
Gibson. 
Gibson City; city in Ford County, Illinois, named by the founder for his wife's 
family. 
Gibsonville; town in Guilford County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
resident. 
Gifford; village in Champaign County, Illinois, named for its founder, B. F. Gif- 
ford. 
Gila; county in Arizona and river of Arizona and New Mexico. The name is said 
to be of Spanish origin, but the meaning is lost. 
Gilberton; borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, named for John Gilbert, 
who owned coal mines there. 
Gilboa; towns in Schoharie County, New York, and Putnam County, Ohio, named 
from the mountain in Palestine. The name means "bubbling fountain." 
Gildehouse; village in Franklin County, Missouri, named for a family who lirst 
settled there. 
Gilead; town in Oxford County, Maine, named from the large balm of gilead tree 
standing in the middle of the town. The name means "strong," "rocky." 
Giles; village in Brown County, Nebraska, named for the first postmaster, Giles 
Mead. 
Giles; county in Virginia, named for William Branch Giles, governor of the State 
in 1827-1830. The county in Tennessee was probably named for the same. 
Gilford; town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, named for S. S. Gilman, who 
made the first settlements there. 
Gill; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named for Moses Gill, one time lieu- 
tenant-governor of the State. 
Gillespie; township and village in Macoupin County, Illinois, named for Judge 
Joseph Gillespie. 
Gillespie; county in Texas, named for Robert A. Gillespie, who fell at the battle of 
Monterey. 
Gilliam; village in Saline County, Missouri, named for a farmer residing in the 
neighborhood. 
Gilliam; county in Oregon, named for Col. Cornelius Gilliam, member of the vol- 
unteers of Willamette Valley. 
Gilman; town in Fagle County, Colorado, named for II. M. Gilman, a prominent 
resident. 
Gilman; city in Iroquois County, Illinois, named for Samuel Gilman, a prominent 
railroad man. 
Gilman; town in Marshall County, Iowa, named for a railroad contractor. 
Gilman; town in Hamilton County, New York, named for John M. Gilman, an 
early settler, from New Hampshire. 
Gilmanton; town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, named for the former owners 
of the site. 
Gilmer; county in Georgia, named for George P. Gilmer, governor of the State in 
1830. 
Gilmer; county in West Virginia, named for Thomas W. Gilmer, a member of Con- 
gress from Virginia. 
