184 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 25* 
Lee; counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Car< 
lina, and Texas, named for Eobert E. Lee, commander of the armies of th( 
Confederacy. 
Lee; counties in Georgia and Illinois, named for Gen. Richard Henry Lee, of the 
Revolution. 
Lee; towns in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Oneida County, New York. 
named for Gen. Charles Lee, of Massachusetts. 
Lee; county in Iowa, named for a member of the New York land company, Albany, 
New York. 
Lee; county in Virginia, named for Henry Lee, a former governor of the State. 
Leechburg; borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, named for David Leech. 
Leech. Lake; lake in Minnesota. A translation of the Indian name, which means 
"place of leeches." 
Leeds; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and 15 other places, bear the 
name of the manufacturing town in Yorkshire, England. 
Leelanau; county in Michigan. An Indian word,- meaning "delight of life." 
ILeesburg; town in Loudoun County, Virginia; 
|Leesville; town in Lexington County, South Carolina. Named for the Lee family, 
* of Virginia. 
Leflore; county in Mississippi, named for Green wood Leflore. 
Left Hand; creek in Boulder County, Colorado, named for a chief of the Arapaho 
Indians, still living in 1904. 
Lehi; city in Utah County, Utah, named for a character in the book of Mormon. 
Lehigh; town in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. A coal mining district, named 
from the county in Pennsylvania. 
Lehigh; river and county in Pennsylvania; 
Lehighton; borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Named by the Delaware 
Indians, lechauweJtink, "where there are forks," of which the present name is a 
corruption. 
Leicester; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Robert Dudley, 
Earl of Leicester. 
Leicester; town in Livingston County, New York, named for Leicester Phelps, son 
of Judge Oliver Phelps. 
Leidy; mountains in Utah and Wyoming, named for the paleontologist, Joseph 
Leidy. 
Leigh; township in Prince Edward and Amelia counties, Virginia, named for the 
Leigh family of Virginia. 
Leigh; lake in Yellowstone Park, named for Richard Leigh, "Beaver Dick," hunter 
and guide in the Teton Mountains. 
Leipsie; villages in Kent County, Delaware, and Putnam County, Ohio, named from 
the city in Saxony. 
Leitchfield; town in Grayson County, Kentucky, named for Maj. David Leitch. 
Leland; village in La Salle County, Illinois, named for Edwin S. Leland. 
Le Mars; city in Plymouth County, Iowa. The name is composed of the initials of 
the ladies who accompanied its founder on his first visit to the spot. 
Lemhi; county in Idaho, named from Fort Lemhi, which was erected by the Mor- 
mons for protection against the Indians. The name is taken from the Book of 
Mormon, meaning "land." 
Lemon; town in Los Angeles County, California, named from the lemon orchards 
in the district. 
Lemont; township and village in Cook County, Illinois, named from its elevated 
location. 
Lena; town in Stephenson County, Illinois, named from the Plain of Lena in the 
poem of Fingal by Ossian. 
