ganneti] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 141 
Grahamville; town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, named for the founder. 
Grainger; county in Tennessee, named for Mary Grainger. 
Granby; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, said to have been named for 
John, Marquis of Granby. 
Granby; town in Essex County, Vermont, named for Earl Granby, in 1761. 
Grand; county in Colorado, named from Grand Lake, the source of Grand River. 
Grand Coteau; town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, so named because of its posi- 
tion. A French name meaning " great hill." 
Grand Forks; county, and city in same county, in North Dakota, which take their 
name from the junction of the Red River of the North with Red Lake River. 
Grand Haven; city in Ottawa County, Michigan, so named because it is situated on 
the best harbor on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. 
Grand Island; city in Hall County, Nebraska, on Platte River, which is divided 
into two channels at that point by an island nearly 50 miles long. 
Grand Isle; town in Aroostook County, Maine, named from an island in the river 
at that point. 
Grand Isle; county, and village in same county, in Vermont, named from an island 
in Lake Champlain, now called South Hero. The early French called it Grand 
Isle. 
Grand Junction; city in Mesa County, Colorado, so named because of its location 
at the junction of the Gunnison and Grand rivers. 
Grand Junction; town in Greene County, Iowa, so named from its position at the 
junction of the Keokuk and Des Moines and the Chicago and Northwestern 
railroads. 
Grand Lake Stream; plantation in Washington County, Maine, named from a lake 
in the northern part of the State. 
Grand Ledge; city in Eaton County, Michigan, so named because of the rock ledges 
along the Grand River in the vicinity. 
Grand Rapids; cities in Kent County, Michigan, and Wood County, Wisconsin, 
named from rapids and falls in the Grand and Wisconsin rivers. 
Grand Ronde; river and valley in Oregon. A French name meaning "great 
round." It was applied by the early French trappers to the valley because of 
its circular shape. 
Grand Tower; city in Jackson County, Illinois, named from a high rocky island in 
the Mississippi River, which resembles a tower. 
Grand Traverse; county in Michigan, named from Grand Traverse Bay. 
Granite; county in Montana, named from a mountain which contains the celebrated 
Granite Mountain silver mine. 
Granite Falls; city in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, located at falls in 
Minnesota River, so named because of the presence of immense masses of granite 
rock. 
Graniteville ; village in Iron County, Missouri, named for a quarry near, considered 
one of the most remarkable in the world. 
Grant; military post in Arizona, county in Arkansas; town in Humboldt County, 
California; town in Montgomery County, Iowa; county in Kansas; parish in 
Louisiana; county in Minnesota; county, and village in Perkins County, Nebraska; 
counties in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and West Virginia; 
and many small places throughout the country; named for Gen. U. S. Grant. 
Grant; county in Indiana, named for Samuel and Moses Grant, of Kentucky, killed 
in battle with the Indians. 
Grant; county in Kentucky. According to John McGee it was named for Col. John 
Grant, an early settler, but according to J. Worthing McCann, the county was 
named for Samuel Grant. 
