168 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Jalama; town in Santa Barbara County, California. From the Spanish jalma, mean- 
ing "pack saddle." 
Jamaica; town in Queens County, New York. An Indian word meaning, accord- 
ing to some authorities, " country abounding in springs;" according to others, < 
"land of water and wood." 
James; peak in Colorado, named for the botanist. 
James; county in Tennessee, named for Jesse J. James. 
James; river in Virginia, named for James I of England. 
Jamesburg*; borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, named for a resident family. 
James City; county in Virginia, named for the first English settlement, Jamestown. 
Jamestown; town in Boone County, Indiana, named for James Mattock, its founder. 
Jamestown; city in Cloud County, Kansas, named for James P. Pomeroy, of the 
Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad. 
Jamestown; city in Chautauqua County, New York, named for James Pendergast, 
an early settler. 
Jamestown; village in Greene County, Ohio, named for James Browder, a first 
settler. 
Jamestown; town in Newport County, Rhode Island, named for the Duke of York 
and Albany, later James II of England. 
Jamestown; town in James City County, Virginia, named for King James I, and 
the first English settlement in America. 
Jamesville; village in Onondaga County, New York, named for James De Witt. 
Jamesville; town in Martin County, North Carolina, named for a prominent citizen. 
Janesville; town in Lassen County, California, and city in Rock County, Wiscon- 
sin, named for Henry F. Janes, of Wisconsin. 
Janesville; town in Bremer County, Iowa, named for the wife of John T. Barrick, 
its founder. 
Jara; creek in Colorado. A Spanish word, literally "rock rose," but in connection 
with the creek meaning "willow brush." 
Jarrolds; village in West Virginia, named for a resident family. 
Jason ville; village in Greene County, Indiana, named for Jason Rogers, one of its 
founders. 
Jasper; county, and town in Pickens County, in Georgia; counties in Illinois, Indiana, 
Iowa, Mississippi, and Missouri; town in Steuben County, New York; county in 
Texas; and many other places; named for Sergt. William Jasper, of Fort Moultrie 
(S. C.) fame, who was killed in the siege of Savannah. 
Java; towm in Wyoming County, New York, named from the island in the Malay 
Archipelago. A Malay word meaning " the land of nutmegs." 
Jay; county in Indiana, towns in Franklin County, Maine, Essex County, New 
York, and Orleans County, Vermont, named for Hon. John Jay, an eminent 
statesman, proprietor, and early governor of New York. 
Jeddo; village in Orleans County, New York, and borough in Luzerne County, 
Pennsylvania, named from the capital of Japan, the old name of Tokyo. 
Jeff Davis; county in Texas, named for Jefferson Davis. 
Jefferson; counties in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 
and Kentucky; parish in Louisiana; counties in Mississippi, Missouri, and Mon- 
tana; town in Coos County, and peak of the White Mountains, in New Hamp- 
shire; county in New York; mount in Oregon; counties in Pennsylvania, Ten- 
nessee, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin; probably the counties in 
Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, and Ohio; and many towns and villages; named 
for President Thomas Jefferson. 
Jefferson; town in Ashe County, North Carolina, named for a prominent citizen. 
Jefferson; county in Texas, named for Jefferson Beaumont, an early settler and 
prominent citizen. 
