gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 147 
Hague; precinct in Alachua Comity, Florida, and town in Warren County, New 
York, named from the city in Holland. 
Hague; peak in Colorado, named for Arnold Hague of the United Stales Geological 
Survey. 
(Hahn; peak in Colorado; 
Hahn Peak; village in Routt County, Colorado. Named for Joe Hahn, an early 
I settler. 
Hailey; precinct in Blaine County, Idaho, named for its founder, Hon. John Hailey, 
of Boise City. 
Hainesville; village in Holt County, Nebraska, named for S. S. Haines, an early 
settler. 
Halcott; town in Greene County, New York, named for George W. Ilalcott, sheriff. 
Haldane; village in Ogle County, Illinois, named for Alexander Haldane, the first 
railroad agent. 
Hale; county in Alabama, named for Stephen F. Hale, prominent in the State. 
Hale; village in Carroll County, Missouri, named for John P. Hale, of Carrol Hon. 
Hale; county in Texas, named for Lieut. J. C. Hale, of the Confederate army. 
Hale Eddy; village in Delaware County, New York, named for a family of early 
settlers. 
Half Dome; mountain of granite in California, on the walls of the Yosemite Valley, 
so named because it has the appearance of a half dome. 
Halfmoon; bay in California, so named from its crescent shape. 
Halfmoon; town in Saratoga County, New York, so named from a crescent-shaped 
piece of land between the Hudson and the Mohawk. 
Halibut; island off the coast of Alaska, so named on account of the large number of 
halibut found there. 
Halifax; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, county in North Carolina, town 
in Windham County, Vermont, and county in Virginia, named for George Mon- 
tague, Earl of Halifax. 
Hall; county in Georgia, named for Dr. Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of 
Independence. 
Hall; county in Nebraska, named for Augustus Hall, former Congressman from Iowa. 
Hall; county in Texas, named for an early settler and captain in the war of inde- 
pendence, Warren 0. C. Hall. 
Halletts Cove; part of New York City, formerly a village in Queens County, New 
York, which received its name from the original patentee. 
Hallowell; city in Kennebec County, Maine, named for Benjamin Hal lowed, a 
large proprietor in the Kennebec patent. 
Hallstead; borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, named for William F. 
Hallstead, general managerof the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 
Hallsville; village in Montgomery County, New York, named for Capt. Robert 
Hall. 
Halseyville; village in Tompkins County, New York, named for the first settler, 
Nicholl Halsey. 
Halstead; city in Harvey County, Kansas, named for the journalist, Mural Halstead. 
Hamblen; county in Tennessee, named for Hezekiah Hamblen. 
Hamburg; towns in Erie County, New York, and Aiken Comity, South Carolina, 
and twenty other places, named from the city in Germany. 
Hamersville; village in Brown County, Ohio, named for (Jen. Thomas Lyon I lamer. 
Hamilton; counties in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, and Kansas; town in Essex County, 
Massachusetts; counties in New York, Ohio, and Tennessee; probably the county 
in Nebraska; and many cities, towns, and villages; named for the statesman, 
Alexander Hamilton. 
