146 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. Lbull. 258. 
Guero; mount in Colorado, named for a Ute Indian. 
Guilford; borough in New Haven County, Connecticut, named from the town in 
England. 
Guilford; county in North Carolina, named for the Earl of Guilford, father of Lord 
North. 
Guinda; town in Yolo County, California. A Spanish word meaning "cherry." 
Gulfport; town in Harrison County, Mississippi, so named by W. H. Hardy because 
of its situation. 
Gulpha; creek in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The name is a corruption of Calf at, a 
proper name, probably belonging to an early settler. 
Gunnison; county, town in same county, mountain, and river in Colorado, and 
island in Great Salt Lake, Utah, named for Capt. J. W. Gunnison, an early 
explorer. 
Gurnet; point at the entrance to Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, named from the 
gurnet, a sea fish. 
Guthrie; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Guthrie; county in Iowa, named for Capt. Edwin B. Guthrie. 
Guthrie; town in Callaway County, Missouri, named for Guthrie brothers, early 
settlers. 
Guthrie Center; town in Guthrie County, Iowa, named for Capt. Edwin B. Guthrie. 
Guttenburg; city in Clayton County, Iowa, and town in Hudson County, New 
Jersey, named for the inventor of printing. 
Guyandot; town in Cabell County and river in West Virginia; the French form of 
Wyandotte, the name of the tribe of Indians. 
Guyot; mounts in Colorado, New Hampshire, and Tennessee, named for Arnold 
Guyot, the geographer. 
Gwinnett; county in Georgia, named for Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 
Gypsum; town in San Bernardino County, California, named from the gypsum 
deposits. 
Habersham; county in Georgia, named for Col. Joseph Habersham, speaker of the 
general assembly of Georgia in 1785. 
Hacienda; town in Santa Clara County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
' ' estate. ' ' 
Hackensack; town in Bergen County, New Jersey. An Indian word; authorities 
differ as to its meaning, the many versions being "hook mouth," "stream that 
unites with another on low ground," "on low ground," "land of the big snake." 
Hackers; creek in Lewis and Harrison counties, West Virginia. Named for John 
Hacker, an Indian scout. 
Hackettstown; town in Warren County, New Jersey, named for Samuel Hackett, 
a large landowner. 
Hackney ville; town in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, named from the suburb in 
London. 
Haddonfield; borough in Camden County, New Jersey, named for Elizabeth Haddon. 
Hadley; mountain and town in Humboldt County, California, named for an early 
settler. 
Hadley; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, named from the parish in 
Essex, England. 
Hadlyme; town in New London County, Connecticut. The name is formed of a 
combination of the names of the two townships in which it is located — Haddam 
and Lyme. 
Hagerstown; city in Washington County, Maryland, named for a German, Jonathan 
Hager, one of the original proprietors. 
