144 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Greenleaf; city in Washington County, Kansas, named for the treasurer of the 
Union Pacific Railroad, A. W. Greenleaf. 
Greenport; village in Suffolk County, New York, so named for the green hill slop- 
ing to the bay. 
Greensboro; town in Hale County, Alabama, named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, a 
Revolutionary celebrity. 
Greensburg; city in Kiowa County, Kansas, named for Col. D. R. Green. 
Greensburg; town in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, named for Gen. 
Nathaniel Greene. 
Greenup; village in Cumberland County, Illinois, named for William Greenup, first 
clerk of the Illinois Territorial legislature. 
Greenup; county, and town in same county, in Kentucky, named for Christopher 
( Jreenup, governor of the State in 1804-1808. 
Greenville; city in Butler County, Alabama, so named by early settlers from the 
town in South Carolina. 
Greenville; city in Bond County, Illinois, named from the town in North Carolina. 
Greenville; city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, town in Pitt County, North 
Carolina, and city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, named for Gen. Nathaniel 
Greene. 
Greenville; city in Montcalm County, Michigan, named for John Green, one of 
the first settlers. 
Greenville; town in Washington County, Mississippi, named for the first settler. 
Greenville; county, and city in same county, in South Carolina, named from the 
physical appearance. The name was first given to the city and from that applied 
to the county. 
Greenwich; towns in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and Hampshire County, Massa- 
chusetts, and village in Washington County, New York, named from Greenwich 
in England. 
Greenwood; town in Sebastian County, Arkansas, named for Moses Greenwood, a 
prominent merchant of early days. 
Greenwood; county in Kansas, named for Alfred B. Greenwood, Commissioner of 
Indian Affairs in 1859-60. 
Greenwood; city in Leflore County, Mississippi, named for Greenwood Leflore, a 
noted Choctaw Indian chief. 
Greenwood; village in Cass County, Nebraska, named for an early settler, J. S. 
Green. 
Greenwood; county in South Carolina, descriptively named. 
Greer; county in Oklahoma, named for John A. Greer, governor of Texas in 1849- 
1853. 
Greer; town in Greenville County, South Carolina, named for a resident family. 
Gregg; county in Texas, named for a prominent citizen, John Gregg, killed in the 
civil war. 
Gregory; county in South Dakota, named for J. Shaw Gregory, legislator. 
Greig; town in Lewis County, New York, named for the late John Greig, of 
Canandaigua. 
Grelder Hollow; a deep cleft in the east side of the Taghkanic Mountains, in the 
town of Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for John van Grelder, 
a Dutchman, who lived in the hollow. 
Grenada; county, and town in same county, in Mississippi, named from the,Spanish 
province. 
Grenola; city in Elk County, Kansas, named by compounding the first part of the 
name of two rival towns in the neighborhood — Greenfield and Kanola. 
Greylock; mountain in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named from its hoary 
aspect in winter. Greylock is the highest elevation in the State. 
