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Lenape; villages in Leavenworth County, Kansas, and Chester County Pennsylva- 
nia. The name is the proper name of the Delaware Indians, and means "origi- 
nal people," or "first people." 
Lenawee; county in Michigan. The Shawnee Indian word for "Indian." 
Lenoir; county, and town in Caldwell County, in North Carolina, named for Gen. 
William Lenoir, a Revolutionary officer. 
Lenora; city in Norton County, Kansas, named for Mrs. Leonora Hauser. 
Lenox; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the family name of the Duke of 
Richmond, who was secretary of state at the time. 
Leominster; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named from the town in 
Hertfordshire, England. 
Leon; county in Florida, and city in Butler County, Kansas, named for Ponce de 
Leon. 
Leon; county in Texas, named for Alonzo de Leon, a Spanish captain and builder 
of missions in Texas. 
Leonard; village in Oakland County, Michigan, named for Leonard Rowland. 
Leonardville; city in Riley County, Kansas, named for Leonard T. Smith, an officer 
of the Kansas Central Railroad. 
Leonard Wood; county in New Mexico, named for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, 
United States Army. 
Leopold; town in Perry County, Indiana, named for Leopold, King of the Belgians. 
Leoti, city in Wichita County, Kansas, named for a white girl captured by the 
Indians, the name meaning "prairie flower." 
Le Ray; town in Jefferson County, New York, named for Mr. Le Ray Chaumont. 
Le Raysville; borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, named for Vincent Le 
Ray, the son of a large landowner. 
Lerdo; town in Kern County, California. A Spanish word meaning "slow" or 
"dull." 
Le Roy; town in Osceola County, Michigan, named for an Indian chief who lived 
near the town. 
Leroy; tow r n in Genesee County, New York, named for Herman Le Roy, a large 
proprietor. 
Les Cheneaux; strait in Mackinaw County, Michigan. A French phrase meaning 
"the little oaks." 
Leslie; county in Kentucky, named for Governor Preston H. Leslie. 
Lesueur; county, and borough in same county, in Minnesota, named for Pierre 
Charles Le Sueur, an explorer, who was on the upper Mississippi River, 1888- 
1701. 
Letcher; county in Kentucky, named for Robert P. Letcher, former governor of the 
State. 
Letitz; borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, named by the Moravian foun- 
ders from the barony in Bohemia. 
Leverett; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named for Sir John Leverett, 
colonial governor. 
Levy; county in Florida, named for a prominent politician. 
Lewiedale; town in Lexington County, South Carolina, named for a member of a 
prominent resident family. 
Lewis; creek in Colorado, named for a pioneer ranch owner. 
Lewis; counties in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Washington, named for Meri- 
wether Lewis. 
Lewis; county in New York, named for Morgan Lewis, former governor of the State. 
Lewis; county in West Virginia, named for Col. Charles Lewis. 
Lewis and Clark; county in Montana, and river in Clatsop County, Oregon, 
named for Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Capt. William Clark, of the Lewis and 
Clark expedition. 
