gannett] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 139 
Glover; town in Orleans County, Vermont, named for Gen. John (Hover, of Marble- 
head, a principal proprietor. 
Gloversville; city in Fulton County, New York, named from its glove factories. 
Glynn; county in Georgia, named for John Glynn, an English lawyer and warm 
friend of the American colonies. 
Gnadenhutten; village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, settled by Moravian mission- 
aries. A German word meaning "sacred hut" or "log tabernacle." 
Goddard; city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, named for J. F. Goddard, general 
manager of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. 
Godfrey; township and village in Madison County, Illinois, named for Capt. Ben- 
jamin Godfrey, who founded a seminary in 1837. 
Goff; city in Nemaha County, Kansas, named for Edward II. Goff of the Union 
Pacific Railroad. 
Goffstown; town in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, named for Col. John Goffe. 
Gogebic; county and lake in Michigan. An Indian word, according to some author- 
ities, a contraction of agojebic, meaning " rocky," or "rocky shore;" others say 
it is from gogebing, "dividing lake." 
Golconda; city in Pope County, Illinois, and town in Humboldt County, Nevada, 
named from the city in India. 
Gold; a name of frequent occurrence throughout the country. It appears with 
numerous suffixes and in most cases was given to denote the presence of the 
metal. 
I Golden; city in Jefferson County, Colorado, named from the Golden Gate; 
Golden Gate; narrow pass in the mountains in Jefferson County, Colorado, which 
at the time of naming led to the principal gold mines of the State. 
Golden Gate; bay in California, named by Colonel Fremont, before the discovery 
of gold in the country, because of the brilliant effect of the setting sun on the 
cliffs and hills. 
Gold Point; town in Martin County, North Carolina, named from the gold leaf 
tobacco. 
Goldsboro; township and city in Wayne County, North Carolina, named for M. T. 
Goldsboro, of Maryland. 
Goldthwaite; town in Mills County, Texas, named for a man prominent in the 
organization of a railroad running into the town. 
Goleta; town in Santa Barbara County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
. "schooner." 
Goliad; county in Texas, named by making an anagram of the name, "Hidalgo," 
the Mexican revolutionary hero. 
Gonzales; county in Texas, named for Raphael Gonzales, at one time provisional 
governor of the State. 
Goochland; county in Virginia, named for William Gooch, lieutenant-governor of 
Virginia in 1727-1749. 
Goodhue; county, and village in same county, in Minnesota, named for James M. 
Goodhue, the first journalist of the Territory, who founded the Pioneer, of 
St. Paul, in 1849. 
Goodland; town in Newton County, Indiana, so named because of the rich character 
of the soil. 
Goodman; town in Holmes County, Mississippi, named for the first presidenl of the 
Mississippi Central Railroad. 
Goose; river in Maine, named from a pond at the source, so called by an early settler 
from a w T ild-o:oose nest which he found on a rock on the bank of the pond. 
Gooski; lake in Florida, named for an old settler, a Pole. 
Gorda; town in Monterey County, California. A Spanish word meaning "fat,'' 
"full-fed." 
