gannett.1 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 15 ( .) 
Holland Patent; village in Oneida County, New York, named for Henry. Lord 
Holland, patentee. 
Holley; village in Orleans County, New York, named for Byron Holley, one of the 
first canal commissioners. 
Holliday; town in Johnson County, Kansas, named for Cyrus K. Holliday, of 
Topeka. 
Holliday; village in Monroe County, Missouri, named for Samuel Holliday, of St. 
Louis. 
Holliday sburg; borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, named for William and 
Adam Holliday, the first settlers. 
Hollis; town in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, named for Thomas Hollis, a 
benefactor of Harvard College; or, according to Togg, for the Duke of Newcastle. 
Hollister; town in San Benito County, California, named for Col. W. W. Hollister, 
an early settler. 
Hollister; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Thomas Hollis, of 
London, a patron of Harvard College. 
Holly; township and village in Oakland County, Michigan, named from Holly 
Beach in New Jersey. 
Holly Beach; borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, named for a beach within 
its precincts where holly is supposed to have been found abundantly. 
Holly Springs; city in Marshall County, Mississippi, and village in Wake County, 
North Carolina, so named on account of the prevalence of these two features. 
Holmes; county in Mississippi, named for David Holmes, governor of the Territory 
and State, 1809-1817. 
Holmes; county in Ohio, named for Major Holmes, an officer of the War of 1812. 
Holmes; mounts in Utah and Yfellowstone Park, Wyoming, named for the geologist, 
W. H. Holmes. 
Holrnesville; village in Gage County, Nebraska, named for L. M. Holmes, its 
founder. 
Holrnesville; village in Holmes County, Ohio, named for Major Holmes. 
Holston; branch of the Tennessee River, named, according to Haywood, for its 
discoverer. 
Holt; county in Missouri, named for David Rice Holt, member of the State legis- 
lature. 
Holt; town in Clay County, Missouri, named for Jerry Holt, upon whose land the 
town was established. 
Holton; city in Jackson County, Kansas, named for Hon. Edward Holton. 
Holts Summit; village in Callaway County, Missouri, named for Timothy Holt. 
Holy Cross; mountain peak in Colorado, so named for a cross of snow upon its east- 
ern face. 
Holyoke; town in Phillips County, Colorado, named from the city in Massachusetts. 
Holyoke; city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named for Rev. Edward Hol- 
yoke, an early president of Harvard College. 
Holyoke; mountain in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named aboul L650 for 
Elizur Holyoke, father of Rev. Edward Holyoke. 
Homer; village in Cortland County, New York, and sixteen other places hear the 
name of the Greek poet. 
Homestead; borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Named for the company 
by which the town w r as laid out. 
Homosassa; town in Citrus County, Florida. A Seminole [ndian word, the meaning 
differing according to different authorities, two versions being " river of fishes" 
and "pepper ridge." 
Honda; town in Santa Barbara County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"sling." 
