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Newberry; county, and town in same county, in South Carolina, said to have been 
named for a prominent resident family, or, according to another authority, for 
a captain in Sumter's State troops. 
New Boston; township and city in Mercer County, Illinois, named from the city 
in Massachusetts. 
New Braunfels; city in Comal County, Texas, named from the town in Prussia. 
New Bremen; village in Auglaize County, Ohio, named from the city in Germany. 
New Brighton; borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, named from the city in 
England. 
New Brunswick; city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, incorporated in the time 
of and named for King George II, of the House of Brunswick. 
Newburg; city in Orange County, New York, named from the town in Scotland. 
{Newbury; town in Essex County, Massachusetts; 
Newburyport; city in Essex County, Massachusetts, originally a part of Newbury. 
Named from the town in England. 
Newcastle; county in Delaware, and twenty cities and towns in the United States, 
generally so called from the town in England or for the Duke of Newcastle. 
Newcastle; city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, named from the city in 
England. 
New Comerstown; village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. A translation of the name 
of the Delaware Indian chief Nelawawes, meaning "King Newcomer." 
New Egypt; village in Ocean County, New Jersey, named from Egypt in Africa 
because of the extensive corn fields in the vicinity. 
Newfane; town in Windham County, Vermont, said to have been named for 
Thomas Fane, one of the "men of Kent." 
New Florence; city in Montgomery County, Missouri, named for the daughter of 
E. A. Lewis, an early settler, and given the prefix to distinguish it from another 
town of the same name in the State. 
New Geneva; village in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, named from the principal 
city of Switzerland. 
New Guinea; neighborhood in the town of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachu- 
setts, so named because of a settlement of several hundred negroes who escaped 
from bondage in New York State. 
New Hamburg; village in Scott County, Missouri, named from the city in Germany. 
New Hampshire; State of the Union, named from the county in England. 
New Hanover; county in North Carolina, named from the Duchy of < iermanv. 
New Harmony; town in Posey County, Indiana, settled by the " Harmonists," and 
named for that sect. 
New Haven; county, and city in same county, in Connecticut, settled by parties 
from Boston, who called it a "new haven." 
New Haven; town in Addison County, Vermont, named from the city in Connecticut. 
New Iberia; town in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, given the ancient name of Spain. 
Newicargut; river in Alaska. An Indian word meaning "frog river." 
New Jersey; State of the Union; originally a grant to Sir George Carteret, who 
named it for his home on the Isle of Jersey, off the coast of England. 
New Kent; county in Virginia, and island in Chesapeake Bay, named from the 
county in England. 
New Hartford; town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, settled by people from 
Hartford. 
New Lexington; village in Perry County, Ohio, named from the town in Massa- 
chusetts. 
New London; county, and city in same county, in Connecticut, and town in Stanly 
County, North Carolina, named from London in England. 
