140 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258 
Gordon; county in Georgia, named for William W. Gordon, first president of the 
Central Eailroad of Georgia. 
Gordonsville; town in Orange County, Virginia, named for its founder, Nathaniel 
Gordon. 
Gore; pass in Colorado, named for a gunsmith of Denver. 
Gorham; town in Cumberland County, Maine. Some authorities say it was named 
for Col. Shubael Gorham, one of the original proprietors, but Whitmore says 
that it was named for Capt. John Gorham, an early proprietor. 
Gorham; town in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for Captain Gorham, who 
was in the Narragansett fight. 
Gorham; town in Ontario County, New York, named for Nathaniel Gorham. 
Gorman; township in Ottertail County, Minnesota, named for Willis A. Gorman ; 
former governor of the State. 
Goshen; township in Stark County, Illinois, named from Goshen, Ohio. 
Goshen; city in Elkhart County, Indiana, village in Orange County, New York, 
and township and village in Tuscaraw T as County, Ohio, named from the " Land 
of Goshen." The name is found in many parts of the country, applied as a 
synonym of fruitfulness and fertility. 
Gosiute; peak and lake in Nevada, named for an Indian tribe. 
Gosnold; town in Dukes County, Massachusetts, settled by Bartholomew Gosnold. 
Gosper; county in Nebraska, named for John J. Gosper, secretary of state. 
Gothic; mountains in the Adirondacks, New York, and Elk Mountains, Colorado, 
so named because of pinnacles resembling gothic architecture. 
Gouldsboro; towm in Hancock County, Maine, named for Robert Gould, one of the 
original proprietors. 
Gouverneur; town in St. Lawrence County, New. York, named for Gouverneur 
Morris, an American statesman. 
Govan; town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, named for a family prominent 
in South Carolina history. 
Gove; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, named for Grenville L. Gove, 
captain in the Eleventh Kansas Regiment. 
Governors; island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, named for Governor Winthrop, 
to whose descendants it still belongs. 
Governors; island in New York Harbor, named for Governor Van T wilier, who 
owned it at an early date. 
Gowanda; village in Cattaraugus County, New York. An Indian word meaning 
"town among the hills by the water side." 
Grafton; village in Pope County, Illinois, named from the town in Massachusetts, 
the native place of the first settler. 
Grafton; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Charles Fitz-Roy, 
Duke of Grafton. 
Grafton; county, and town in same county, in New Hampshire, named for Augustus 
Henry Fitz-Roy, Duke of Grafton. 
Grafton; city in Taylor County, West Virginia, so named by the Baltimore and Ohio 
Railroad, because they grafted a branch from this point to Wheeling. 
Graham; county in Kansas, named for John L. Graham, captain of the Eighth 
Kansas Regiment. 
Graham; county, and town in Alamance County, North Carolina, named for Senator 
William A. Graham, secretary of the navy under President Fillmore. 
Graham; city in Young County, Texas, named for one of two brothers, w T ho owned 
salt works near where the town w r as built. 
Grahamsville ; village in Sullivan County, New York, named for Lieutenant Gra- 
ham, who was killed by Indians near the site of the village. 
Grahamton; town in Meade County, Kentucky, named for an early pioneer. 
