142 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Grant; river and county in Wisconsin, named for a trapper who had a cabin on the 
river bank. 
Grantsdale; town in Ravalli County, Montana, named for H. H. Grant, land owner, 
who built the first flour mill and kept the first store. 
Grantsville; town in Calhoun County, West Virginia, named for Gen. U. S. Grant. 
Granville; township and village in Putnam County, Illinois, and township and vil- 
lage in Licking County, Ohio, named from the town in Massachusetts. 
Granville; towns in Hampden County, Massachusetts, and Washington County, 
New York, and county in North Carolina, named for John Carteret, Earl of 
Granville. 
Grass; river in St. Lawrence County, New York, from the name given it by the 
early French, la grasse riviere, meaning "the fertile river." 
Grass Valley; township and city in Nevada County, California, named from a val- 
ley covered with grass. 
Gratiot; county in Michigan, named for Capt. Charles Gratiot, United States Army, 
who constructed Fort Gratiot in 1814. 
Gratiot; village in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, named for Col. Henry Gratiot, an 
Indian agent. 
Grattan; township in Kent County, Michigan, named for the Irish orator. 
Gratz; borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, named from the Prussian town. 
Graves; county in Kentucky, named for Capt. Benjamin Graves, who fell at the 
battle of Raisin River. 
Gravesend; village in Kings County, New York, now a part of New York City. 
named by persons from Gravesend, England. 
Gravette; town in Benton County, Arkansas, named for E. T. Gravette. 
Gray; county in Kansas, named for Alfred Gray, secretary of the Kansas State 
board of agriculture in 1873-1880. 
Gray; town in Cumberland County, Maine, said to have been named for Thomas 
Gray, one of the proprietors. 
Gray; county in Texas, named for Peter W. Gray, a prominent lawyer of Houston. 
Grayling; town in Crawford County, Michigan, named from the fish for which the 
Au Sable River was famous. 
Gray mount; town in Colorado near the foot of Gray's Peak; hence the name. 
Grays; peak in Colorado, named by Doctor Parry for Dr. Asa Gray, botanist. 
Grays; harbor in Washington, named for the discoverer, Capt. Robert Gray, of 
Boston. 
Grayson; counties in Kentucky and Virginia, named for Col. Wiliam Grayson, 
United States Senator from Virginia. 
Grayson; town in Carter County, Kentucky, named for Col. Robert Grayson. 
Grayson; county in Texas, named for Peter W. Grayson, attorney-general of the 
Texas Republic in 1836. 
Graysville; village in Sullivan County, Indiana, named for Joe Gray, its founder. 
Graysville; village in Herkimer County, New York, named for Latham Gray, a 
resident. 
Grayville; township and city in White County, Illinois, named for James Gray, 
who laid out the town in 1828. 
Great Barrington; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for Lord 
Barrington. "Great" was prefixed to distinguish it from Barrington, Rhode 
Island, which town was formerly considered as possibly being within the limits 
of Massachusetts. 
Great Basin; an area of territory in Utah whose waters do not reach the sea; hence 
the name. 
Great Bend; city in Barton County, Kansas, which takes its name from a bend in 
the Arkansas River south of the site. 
