gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 155 
Hennepin; county in Minnesota, and village in Putnam County, Illinois, named for 
Louis Hennepin, a Franciscan missionary, explorer, and author. 
Hennessey; city in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, named for Pat Hennessey, an 
Indian fighter, who was killed upon the ground which later became the town 
site. 
Henniker; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, named for John Henni- 
ker, esq., a merchant of London. 
Henrico; county in Virginia, named for the Prince of Wales, son of James 1. 
Henrietta; town in Monroe County, New York, named for Henrietta Laura. Count- 
ess of Bath. 
Henrietta; town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, named for the wife of S. B. 
Tanner. 
Henry; counties in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and 
Ohio; county and mountain in Tennessee, and county in Virginia, named for 
Patrick Henry, of Virginia. 
Henry; lake in Idaho, and fork of Snake River, named for one of the partners of the 
Northwest Fur Company. 
Henry; township and city in Marshall County, Illinois, named for Gen. James 1). 
Henry, a prominent leader in the Black Hawk war. 
Henry; county in Iowa, named for Gen. Henry Dodge, governor of the Territory of 
Wisconsin. 
Henry; cape on coast of Virginia, named for the Prince of Wales, son of James 1. 
Henson; town in Hinsdale County, Colorado, named from the creek, which was 
named for any early settler. 
Hepburn; town in Page County, Iowa, named for Congressman Hepburn. 
Hepler; city in Crawford County, Kansas, named for B. F. Hepler, of Fort Scott. 
Herculaneum; village in Jefferson County, Missouri, named from the ancient 
Roman city. 
Hering-ton; city in Dickinson County, Kansas, named for M. D. Herington, its 
founder. 
Herkimer; county in New York, named for Gen. Nicholas Herkimer, a German, 
one of the patentees. 
Herman; village in Washington County, Nebraska, named for Samuel Herman, con- 
ductor on the Omaha and Northwestern Railroad. 
Hermann; town in Gasconade County, Missouri, settled by Germans, and named by 
them for their countryman, who fought so bravely at the time of the Roman 
invasion. 
Hermitage; town in Hickory County, Missouri, named from the residence of Andrew- 
Jackson. 
Hermon, village in St. Lawrence County, New York, named from the mountain in 
Syria. 
Hermosa; town in San Bernardino County, and beach in Los Angeles County, 
California, descriptively named. A Spanish word, meaning "beautiful." 
Hernando; county in Florida and city in De Soto County, Mississippi, named for 
Hernando De Soto, discoverer of the Mississippi River. 
Hersey; village in Nobles County, Minnesota, named for General Ilersey, of Maine, 
largely interested in the then Territory. 
Hertford; county, and town in Perquimans County, in North Carolina, named for 
Conway, Marquis of Hertford. 
Hettinger; county in North Dakota, named for an early settler. 
Heuvelton; village in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Jacob Van 
Heuvel. 
Hewes; point in Penobscot Bay, Maine, named for its first settler, Paola Hewes. 
