Gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 1 ( J1 
Loudon; county in Tennessee, named from Fori Loudon. 
Loudonville; village in Ashland County, Ohio, named for .lames London Priest, 
one of the original surveyors. 
Loudoun; county in Virginia, named for the Karl of Loudon. 
Louisa; county in Iowa, named for Louisa Massey. 
Louisa; county, and town in the same county, in Virginia, named for the daughter 
of George II. 
Louisburg; town in Franklin County, North Carolina, named for the fortress. 
Louisiana; State of the Union, named for Louis XIV of France. 
Louisiana; city in Pike County, Missouri, named from Louisiana Territory, of which 
it was a part when founded. 
Louisville; township and village in Clay County, Illinois, named for a family of 
settlers named Lewis, the change in orthography having been made by mistake. 
Louisville; city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, named for Louis Wilson, the son 
of the original preemptor of the town site. 
Louisville; city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, named for Louis XVI of France. 
Louisville; town in Winston County, Mississippi, named for Col. Louis Winston, a 
prominent early settler. 
Loup; county in Nebraska, named for the tribe of Pawnee Loups. 
Love; town in De Soto County, Mississippi, named for Colonel Love. 
Loveland; village in Larimer County, Colorado, named for Hon. W. A. H. Love- 
land. 
Lovewell; mountain and pond in New Hampshire, named for Capt. John Lovewell, 
the hero of a fight with the Indians. 
Loving-; county in Texas, named for Oliver Loving, an early pioneer. 
Lovington; township and village in Moultrie County, Illinois, named for Andrew 
Love, the first postmaster. 
Lowell; military post in Arizona, named for Gen. C. R. Lowell. 
Lowell; town in Penobscot County, Maine, named for Lowell Hayden, the first 
person born within its limits. 
Lowell; plantation in Franklin County, Maine, city in Middlesex County, Massa- 
chusetts, village in Kent County, Michigan, and town in Gaston County, North 
Carolina, named for Francis Cabot Lowell, of Boston. 
Low Freight; stream in Clark County, Arkansas. The name is a corruption of the 
original French name, Peaufroid, meaning "the cold water." 
Lowndes; counties in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, named for William Jones 
Lowndes, member of Congress from South Carolina. 
Lowndesville; town in Abbeville County, South Carolina, named for the Lowndes 
family, prominent in that State. 
Lowville; town in Lewis County, New York, named for Nicholas Low. 
Loyalhanna; stream and township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The 
name is a corruption of the Delaware Indian word laweel-hanna, meaning 
"middle stream." 
Loyalsock; branch of the Susquehanna River, and township in Lycoming County, 
Pennsylvania. A corruption of the Delaware Indian, lawi-saquik, meaning 
"middle creek." 
Loydsville; town in Belmot County, Ohio, named for a Welsh family. 
Lubbock; county in Texas, named for Tom Lubbock, a colonel in the civil war. 
Lucas; county, and town in same county, in Iowa, and county in Ohio, named for 
Robert Lucas, governor of Ohio and first governor of Iowa Territory. 
Luce; county in Michigan, named for Governor Cyrus G. Luce. 
Lucerne; town in Kern County, California, so named from the luxurious growths 
of alfalfa (lucerne) in the district. 
