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Great Bend; borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, named from a bend 
in the Susquehanna River at that point. 
Great Black; river in Maine, which takes its name from the Indian designation 
chimkazaootook, meaning "big black stream." 
Great Butte des Morts; lake in Wisconsin, so called from neighboring mounds, 
said to contain the bodies of Indians slain in battle. A French phrase, meaning 
"hill of the dead." 
Great Falls; city in Cascade County, Montana, named from the falls in the Mis- 
souri River, near the city. 
Great Quabbin; mountain in Massachusetts, named for a celebrate* I Indian sachem. 
The word is supposed to mean "many waters." 
Great Salt; lake in Utah, named from the salinity of its waters. 
Great Sinabar; creek in Missouri. A corruption of the old French name chenal au 
barre, meaning "channel to the bar." 
Greeley; city in Weld County, Colorado; county, and city, in Anderson County, 
Kansas, and county in Nebraska, named for Horace Greeley. 
Greeley; village in Holt County, Nebraska, named for Peter Greeley. 
Green; descriptive word found frequently with and without various suffixes. The 
river in Wyoming and Utah was so called from the green shale through which 
it flows. 
Green; river rising in the Wind River range of the Rocky Mountains, formerly 
known as popo agie, words of the Crow dialect, meaning " head of river." 
Green; mountains in Vermont, so named from their forests of evergreen trees. 
Green; counties in Kentucky and Wisconsin, named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene. 
Green Bay; city in Brown County, Wisconsin, named from the bay which was 
called by the early French la grande baie, "the large bay," which was cor- 
rupted into the present name. Other authorities claim that the name was occa- 
sioned from the deep greenish hue of the water of the bay. 
Greenbrier; county in West Virginia, named from the river, which was so called 
by Col. John Lewis. 
Greenbush; town in Rensselaer County, New York; a translation of the original 
Dutch name groen bosch, from the pine woods which originally covered the flats. 
Greencastle; city in Putnam County, Indiana, named from the town in Ireland. 
Green Cove Springs; town in Clay County, Florida, named from a large sulphur 
spring, supposed by some to be the " fountain of youth" of Spanish and Indian 
legends. 
Greene; counties in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa; town in Androscoggin County, 
Maine; counties in Mississippi, Missouri, and New York, and village in Che- 
nango County, New York; counties in North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ten- 
nessee, and Virginia; named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, Revolutionary soldier. 
Greene; town in Butler County, Iowa, named for Judge George Green of Finn 
County. 
(Greenesville; county in Virginia; 
(Greeneville; town in Greene County, Tennessee. Named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene. 
Greenfield; town in Adair County, Iowa, named from the town in Massachusetts. 
Greenfield; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, which derives its name fr 
the river which intersects it. Before its incorporation as a town the settlement 
was known as " Green River District." 
Greenfield; village in Highland County, Ohio, so named from its general appea r- 
ance. 
Green Island; town in Albany County, New York, so named because situated on 
an island of that name in Hudson River. 
Green Lake; county in Wisconsin, named from a lake which was called so from the 
color of its waters. 
