gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 145 
Gridley; township and town in McLean County, Illinois, named for Asabel Gridley 
State senator, 1850-1854. 
Griffin; city in Spalding County, Georgia, named for Gen. L. L. Griffin. 
{Grifton; town in Pitt County, North Carolina; 
Grifton Corners; village in Delaware County, New York. Named for the Grifton 
family. 
Griggs; county in North Dakota, named for Hon. Alexander Griggs, a pioneer of 
Grand Forks, member of the constitutional convention of North Dakota. 
Griggsville; township and city in Pike County, Illinois, named for its founder, 
Richard Griggs. 
Grimes; town in Colusa County, California, named for the man who founded it. 
Grimes; town in Polk County, Iowa, named for Senator Grimes. 
Grimes; county in Texas, named for Jesse Grimes, member of the council of pro- 
visional government. 
Grimesland; town in Pitt County, North Carolina, named for Gen. Bryan Grimes. 
Grinnell; city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, named for Hon. W. II. Grinnell, a 
citizen. 
Griswold; town in New London County, Connecticut, named for Roger Griswold, 
governor of the State in 1811. 
Griswold; town in Cass County, Iowa, named for J. N. A. Griswold, a prominent 
railroad official. 
Grizzly; peak in Colorado, named by a party of scientists from an adventure with 
a grizzly bear. 
Gross; point in Maine on the Penobscot River, named for the first settler, Zachariah 
Gross. 
Grossdale; village in Cook County, Illinois, named for E. A. Gross, one of its 
founders. 
Grosse Isle; village in Wayne County, Michigan, which takes its name from an 
island in Detroit River, which was called by the early French grosse isle, 
" great isle." 
Grossepoint; town in Wayne County, Michigan, so named from a large point which 
projects into Lake St. Clair, named by the French grosse pointe, "great point," 
Grosvenor; mount in Arizona, named for H. C. Grosvenor, who was killed there 
in 1861. 
Groton; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named from the place in Eng- 
land owned by the family of Deane Winthrop, whose name headed the petition 
for the grant. 
Groton; village in Tompkins County, New York, named from the town in Massa- 
chusetts. 
Groveland; town in Essex County, Massachusetts. The origin of the name is 
obscure, but the name is believed to have been suggested by attractive groves 
in the neighborhood. 
Grover; village in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and town in Dorchester 
County, South Carolina, named for President Grover Cleveland. 
Grubbs; village in Newcastle County, Delaware, named for the early owner, John 
Grubbs. 
(Grundy; counties in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee; 
Grundy Center; town in Grundy County, Iowa. Named for Felix Grundy, 
United States Senator from Tennessee. 
Guadalupe; county in New Mexico, and river, county, and town in Victoria 
County, Texas, named for Don Felix Victoria, first President of Mexico, known 
as "Guadalupe Victoria." The name is of Arabic origin. 
Guernsey; county in Ohio, named by emigrants from the island of Guernsey in the 
English channel. 
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