186 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Lewisberry; borough in York County, Pennsylvania, named for the Lewis family, 
of which Dr. Ellis Lewis was a member. 
Lewisboro; town in Westchester County, New York, named for John Lewis, a 
prominent resident. 
Lewisburg; town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, named for Samuel Lewis. 
Lewis Fork; southern branch of Columbia River, in Idaho, named for Meriwether 
Lewis. 
Lewiston; township in Trinity County, California, named from the city in Maine. 
Lewiston; city in Nez Perce County, Idaho, named for Meriwether Lewis, of the 
Lewis and Clark expedition. 
Lewiston; city in Androscoggin County, Maine, named for the founders, the Lewis 
families. 
Lewiston; village in Niagara County, New York, named for Morgan Lewis, former 
governor of the State. 
Lewiston; town in Bertie County, North Carolina, named for a prominent resident. 
Lewistown; township and city in Fulton County, Illinois, named for Lewis Ross, 
sou of the founder. 
Lewistown; town in Logan County, Ohio, named for Capt. John Lewis, a noted 
Shawnee chief. 
Lexington; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named from the parish of 
Lexington, England. 
Lexington; county in South Carolina, and twenty-seven other places, most of them 
having been named in commemoration of the Revolutionary battle. 
Leyden; towns in Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Lewis County, New Yoik, 
named from the town in the Netherlands, the refuge of the Pilgrim Fathers 
prior to their emigration to America. 
Liberal; cities in Seward County, Kansas, and Barton County, Missouri, so named 
to characterize the ideas of the people. 
Liberty; counties in Florida and Georgia, city in Montgomery County, Kansas, and 
county in Texas, named from the sentiment of the American people. 
Liberty Center; village in Wells County, Indiana, so named because it is located 
in the center of Liberty Township. 
Licking; county in Ohio, so named because the deer and elk found the saline 
deposits of the Licking River a favorite feeding ground. 
Ligonier; city in Noble County, Indiana, named from the borough in Pennsylvania. 
Ligonier; borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, named for Sir John 
Ligonier, Lord Viscount of Enniskillen. 
Lilesville; town in Anson County, North Carolina, named for a merchant of the 
place. 
Lillington; town in Harnett County, and village in Pender County, North Carolina, 
named for Col. John A. Lillington, of the Revolution. 
Lily; bay and township in Piscataquis County, Maine, so named on account of the 
luxuriant growth of lilies. 
Lime; lake in Cattaraugus County, New Y T ork, a translation of the Indian name, 
tecarnowundo, meading "lime lake." 
Limerick; village in Bureau County, Illinois, named for George Limerick, an early 
settler. 
Limerick; town in York County, Maine, and towmship in Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania, named from Limerick in Ireland. 
Limesprings; town in Howard County, Iowa, so named from the springs in the 
rocks. 
Limestone; county in Alabama, village in Cattaraugus County, New York, and 
county in Texas, so named because of the nature of the rock found w r ithin their 
limits. 
