164 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Huntsville; town in Madison County, Alabama, named for John Hunt, its first 
settler. 
Huntsville; city in Randolph County, Missouri, named for David Hunt, of Ken- 
tucky, the first settler. 
Huntsville; town in Walker County, Texas, named from the town in Alabama. 
Hurley; town in Ulster County, New York, named for the Lovelace far.' who 
were Barons Hurley, of Ireland. 
Hurley; town in Iron County, Wisconsin, named for M. A. Hurley, of ,/ausau, 
Wisconsin. 
Huron; one of the Great Lakes of North America. Opinions differ as to the classi- 
fication of the name, whether French or Indian, and to its meaning. According 
to most authorities, it is a corruption of the French word hure, given a tribe of 
Indians by the French, the word meaning "wild boar," on account of their 
unkempt appearance. 
Huron; city in Atchison County, Kansas, county in Michigan, and city in Beadle 
County, South Dakota, named for the Huron Indians. 
Huron; county, and village in Erie County, Ohio, named from the lake. 
Hustisford; village in Dodge County, Wisconsin, named for John Hustis, an early 
settler. 
Hutchinson; city in Reno County, Kansas, named for C. C. Hutchinson, its founder. 
Hutchinson; village in McLeod County, Minnesota, named for the Hutchinson 
brothers, its founders. 
Hutchinson; county in South Dakota, named for John Hutchinson, first Territorial 
secretary. 
Hutchinson; county in Texas, named for Anderson Hutchinson, a prominent citi- 
zen in the days of the Republic. 
Huttonsville ; village in Randolph County, West Virginia, named for Jonathan 
Hutton, the first settler. 
Hyannis; town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, named for the Indian sachem, 
Hianna. 
Hyde; county in JSorth Carolina, named for Edward Hyde, governor during colonial 
days. 
Hyde; county in South Dakota, named for James Hyde, a member of the legislature 
in 1873. 
Hyde Park; town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and Dutchess County, New 
York, named from Hyde Park, London. 
Hyde Park; town in Lamoille County, Vermont, named for Jedediah Hyde, an 
early settler. 
Hydesville; town in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Hyndman; peak in Idaho, named for an old resident of the vicinity. 
Iberia; parish in Louisiana, named from the ancient name of Spain. 
Iberville; parish in Louisiana, named for Pierre le Moyne Iberville, a Canadian 
naval commander, who built the first fort on the Mississippi River. 
Ibex; town in San Bernardino County, California, named from the circumstance of 
the finding of a pair of horns of the Rocky Mountain goat by early settlers. 
Ichoconnaugh; creek in Georgia. A Creek Indian word meaning "deer trap." 
Icy; cape in Alaska, so named because of the ice along the coast at this point. 
Ida; county in Iowa, named by the pioneers from the mountain in Greece, thereby 
linking the new State with the ancient civilization. 
Idaho; State of the Union and county in same State. An Indian word of unknown 
meaning. 
Iliff; town in Logan County, Colorado, named for John W. Iliff, a Colorado cattle 
king, near whose ranch the town is located. 
