gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 169 
Jekyl; island in Georgia, named for Sir Joseph Jekyl. 
Jenkintown; borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named for William 
Jenkins, early settler. 
Jennings; county in Indiana, named for Jonathan Jennings, first governor of the 
State. 
Jenny; lake in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, named for the Shoshone wife of Rich- 
ard Leigh. 
Jenny Lind; town in Calaveras County, California, named for the Swedish song- 
stress. 
Jerauld; county in South Dakota, named for H. J. Jerauld, legislator. 
Jericho; town in Chittenden County, Vermont, named from the ancient city in 
Palestine. 
Jerome; town in Bladen County, North Carolina, named for a prominent citizen. 
Jeromeville, village in Ashland County, Ohio, named for John Baptiste Jerome, a 
French trader. 
Jersey; county in Illinois, named from the State of New Jersey. 
Jersey City; city in Hudson County, New Jersey, originally called the "city of 
Jersey," named from one of the channel islands of England. 
Jersey Shore; town in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, named by the first settlers 
for their native State — New Jersey. 
Jerseyville; city in Jersey County, Illinois, named from the State of New Jersey. 
Jerusalem; towns in Lake County, California, and Yates County, New York, 
named from the ancient city of Jerusalem. A Hebrew name meaning "founda- 
tion of peace." 
Jessamine; county and creek in Kentucky, named for Jessamine Douglass, the 
daughter of an early settler. 
Jessup; village in Antelope County, Nebraska, named for ex-Governor Jessup, of 
Iowa. 
Jesup; town in Buchanan County, Iowa, named for Morris K. Jesup, of New York. 
Jetmore; city in Hodgeman County, Kansas, named for Col. A. B. Jetmore, of 
Topeka. 
Jewell; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, named for Lieut. Col. Lewis 
R. Jewell, Sixth Kansas Cavalry. 
Jewett; town in Greene County, New York, named for Freeborn G. Jewett, justice 
of the supreme court. 
Jewett; village in Harrison County, Ohio, named for T. M. Jewett, former president 
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad. 
Jo Daviess; county in Illinois, named for Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess, of 
Kentucky, killed in the battle of Tippecanoe. 
Joe Gee; hill in Orange County, New York, named for the last Indian who had his 
cabin on the hill 
Joes; brook near Walden, Vermont, named for Captain Joe, a friendly Indian of 
the St. Francis tribe. 
Johannesburg; mining town in Kern County, California, named from the city in 
South Africa. 
John Day; river, and town in Grant County, in Oregon, named for a member of 
Hunt's Astoria overland expedition. 
Johns; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Johnsburg; town in Warren County, New York, named for John Thurman, an 
early settler. 
Johnson; county in Arkansas, named for Judge Benjamin Johnson. 
Johnson; county in Georgia, named for Governor II. V. Johnson. 
Johnson; county in Indiana, named for John Johnson, judge of the supreme court 
of the State. 
