178 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [btjll. 258- 
Kreischerville ; village in Richmond County, New York, named for B. Kreischer. 
Krenitzin; five islands in the Aleutian Archipelago, named for the navigator who 
first discovered them. 
Kubbakwana; lake at the sources of the Mississippi. An Indian word meaning 
"rest in the path." 
Kutztown; borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, named for George Kutz, who 
laid out the town. 
Kwichluak; an arm of the Yukon River in Alaska. An Indian word meaning 
' ' crooked river. ' ' 
Labaddie; village in Franklin County, Missouri, named for a citizen of Saint Louis. 
La Bajada; town in New Mexico, on the road from Santa Fe, which at this point 
makes a rapid descent. It was so named by the Spanish on this account, the 
name meaning "descent," or "landing." 
Labette; county, and township in same county, in Kansas. French words meaning 
"the beet." 
Labonte; creek and town in Converse County, Wyoming, named for La Bonte, an 
early French trapper. 
Laceyville; village in Harrison County, Ohio, named for Maj. John S. Lacey. 
Lackawanna; county and river in Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word mean- 
ing "stream that forks." 
Lackawannock; mountain, and township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, named 
from the Lackawanna River, with the suffix signifying "at the river fork." 
Lackawaxen; township in Pike County, Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the 
Lackawanna and Delaware rivers, and on this account given the Indian name, 
which means " where the roads fork." 
rLa Clede; township in Fayette County, Illinois. 
•j Laclede; county, and town in Linn County, in Missouri. Named for Pierre Laclede 
I Ligueste, founder of St. Louis. 
Lacon; township and city in Marshall County, Illinois, named from Laconia in 
Greece. 
Laconia; city in Belknap County, New Hampshire, named from a portion of Greece. 
La Conner; town in Skagitt County, Washington, named for J. J. Connor, an early 
settler. 
La Costa; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish phrase, meaning "the 
coast." 
Lac qui Parle; county, lake, and river in Minnesota. A French name meaning 
"lake that speaks/' Translated from the Dakota (Sioux). Probably suggested 
by the echoes from the bluffs bordering the lake. 
La Crosse; county, and city in same county, in Wisconsin. A French name given 
the town because before its settlement the ground was a favorite place for ball 
playing with the Indians, the game being called by the French la crosse. 
Lac Traverse; lake in Minnesota. A French phrase, meaning "across the lake." 
Lacygne; city in Linn County, Kansas, named from the river Marais des Cygnes. 
A French name meaning "the swan." 
Laddonia; city in Audrain County, Missouri, named for Amos Ladd, an early 
settler. 
Ladrillo; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning "brick." 
Ladys Creek; stream in Missouri, named for William Lady. 
La Pave; stream in Perry County, Arkansas, named for a French family, La Feve, 
who lived at its mouth. 
Lafayette; counties in Arkansas and Florida; parish in Louisiana; counties in Mis- 
sissippi and Missouri; mountain in New Hampshire; town in Yamhill County, 
Oregon; county in Wisconsin; and many towns and villages; named for Marquis 
de Lafayette, who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary war. 
