156 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Hey worth; village in McLean County, Illinois, named for Lawrence Hey worth, a 
railroad stockholder. 
Hiawatha; city in Brown County, Kansas, named for the hero of Longfellow's 
poem. 
Hibernia; villages in Clay County, Florida, Morris County, New Jersey, and Dutch- 
ess County, New York, bearing the ancient Latin name of Ireland. 
Hickman; county, and city in Fulton County, Kentucky, named for Capt. Paschal 
Hickman. 
Hickman; county in Tennessee, named for Edmund Hickman. 
Hickory; town in Newton County, Mississippi, county in Missouri, and town in 
Catawba County, North Carolina, named for President Andrew Jackson — Old 
Hickory. This name alone or with suffixes is borne by 46 places in the United 
States. 
Hickory Flats; town in Benton County, Mississippi, named for a near-by hickory 
grove. 
Hicks; island at entrance to Napeague Bay, Long Island, New York, named for the 
owner. 
Hicksville; village in Queens County, New York, named for Charles Hicks, the 
Quaker reformer. 
Hicksville; village in Defiance County, Ohio, named for Henry W. Hicks, who was 
one of the founders. 
Hidalgo; county in Texas, said to be named for Hidalgo y Costilla, a priest, and 
leader in Mexican war of independence. 
Higganum; village in Middlesex County, Connecticut. A corruption of the Indian 
word tomhegan-ompakut, meaning "at the tomahawk rock." 
Higginsport; village in Brown County, Ohio, named for Col. Robert Higgins, who 
laid it out. 
Higginsville; city in Lafayette County, Missouri, named for Harvey J. Higgins, 
who originally owned the land upon which the city is built. 
Highbridge; borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, named for its remarkable 
railroad bridge. 
Highgate; town in Franklin County, Vermont, named from the chapelry in Mid- 
dlesex, England. 
Highland; city in Doniphin County, Kansas, and counties in Ohio and Virginia, so 
named on account of the high location. 
Highlands; borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, adjacent to the Atlantic 
Highlands, and taking its name therefrom. 
Highlands; broken hills on the Hudson River, New York. The name is derived 
from hogeland, or hoogland, meaning "highland," originally given by the Dutch. 
Highlands; town in Mason County, North Carolina, so named because it is the 
highest village east of the Mississippi. 
High Point; village in Guilford County, North Carolina, so named because it is the 
highest point on the North Carolina Railroad. 
Hightower; village in Forsyth County, Georgia, on the Etowah River. The name 
is a corruption of the name of the river. 
Hightstown; borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, named for the Hight family. 
Hildebran; village in Burke County, North Carolina, named for Pope Gregory VII. 
Hilgard; mountain in Utah, named for J. E. Hilgard, formerly superintendent 
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
Hill; city in Graham County, Kansas, named for W. R. Hill, w T ho located the town. 
Hill; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, named for Isaac Hill, governor, 
1836-1839. 
Hill; county in Texas, so named because of the range of hills extending through the 
easterly part. Another authority contends it was named for George W. Hill. 
