gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 149 
Hanna; township in Henry County, Illinois, named for Rev. Philip Hanna, a first 
settler. 
Hanna; reef and island in Texas, probably named for Captain Hanna, captain of 
the Leonid as, in 1837. 
Hannacrois; creek in New York, said to have been named by the Dutch hanne- 
kraai, meaning "cock-crowing creek," from the legend that a rooster flouted 
down this creek on a cake of ice. 
Hannibal; town in Oswego County, New York, named by the State land hoard, 
being situated in the military tract given to the surviving soldiers of the 
Revolution ; 
Hannibal; city in Marion County, Missouri. Named for the Carthaginian general. 
Hanover; city in Washington County, Kansas, town in Plymouth County, Massa- 
chusetts, county in Virginia, and several other places, named for the Duke of 
Hanover, afterwards George I of England, or from the Prussian province and 
city belonging to him. 
Hansford; county in Texas, named for John M. Hansford, who was a judge and 
lawyer there during the days of the Republic. 
Hanson; county in South Dakota, named for Joseph R. Hanson, clerk of the first 
legislature. 
Happy Camp; town in Siskiyou County, so called by miners in the early days of 
prosperity. 
Haralson; county, and village in Coweta County, in Georgia, named tor (Jen. Hugh 
A. Haralson, former congressman from that State. 
Harbeson; village in Sussex County, Delaware, named for Harbeson Hickman, a 
large landowner. 
Harbine; village in Thayer County, Nebraska, named for Col. John Harbine. 
Hardeman; county in Texas, named for two brothers, Bailey and T. J. Hardeman, 
prominent citizens in the days of the Republic; and a county in Tennessee, 
named for one of the brothers, Col. T. J. Hardeman. 
Hardenburg; town in Ulster County, New York, named for Johannes Hardenburg, 
an early patentee in Delaware and Sullivan counties. 
Hardin; county, and village in Calhoun County, in Illinois; counties in Iowa, Ken- 
tucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, and several towns and villages, named for Col. John 
J. Hardin, who was killed in the Mexican war. 
Hardin; city in Ray County, Missouri, named for Gov. Charles H. Hardin, 1875- 
1877. 
Hardin; county in Texas, named for the family of William Hardin, of Liberty. 
Hardin Factory; town in Gaston County, North Carolina, named for the builder 
of the factory. 
Hardinsburg; town in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, named for Capt. William 
Hardin, a pioneer. 
Hardwick; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Philip Yorke, 
Lord Hardwicke, a member of the privy council. 
Hardy; town in Sharp County, Arkansas, named for a railroad official. 
Hardy; county in West Virginia, named for Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress 
from Virginia in 1784. 
Hardy Station; town in Grenada County, Mississippi, named by the railroad com- 
pany for Richard Hardy, the owner of the land upon which the depot was built, 
Harford; county, and village in same county, in Maryland, named for Henry Har- 
ford, the natural son of Lord Baltimore, the sixth, and proprietor at the time of 
the Revolution. 
Harlan; city in Shelby County, Iowa, named for Senator Harlan. 
Harlan; village in Smith County, Kansas, named for John C. Harlan, one of the 
first settlers. 
