224 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
New London; city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, named from New London, 
Connecticut, by an early settler. 
New Madrid; county, and city in same county, in Missouri. The land was originally 
a grant to Gen. George Morgan from Spain, and was named by him from its 
principal city. 
Newmarket; town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, named from the city 
in England. 
New Marlboro; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named from the city in 
Middlesex County. 
New Mexico; Territory of the Union, named from the country of Mexico. 
{Newman; city in Coweta County, Georgia; 
Newmanville ; village in Alachua County, Florida. Named for Gen. Daniel New- 
man, an officer in the Seminole war. 
New Orleans; city in Orleans parish, Louisiana, named from the city in France. 
New Philadelphia; city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, named by its founder, John 
Knisely, from the city in Pennsylvania. 
Newport; towns in Herkimer County, New York, and Carteret County, North 
Carolina, and county in Rhode Island, named from the city in Rhode Island. 
Newport; borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, so named at the time of the 
opening of the Pennsylvania canal, as being a new port for shipping. 
Newport, city in Newport County, Rhode Island, so named by a party of settlers 
from Portsmouth, who called it a "new port." 
Newport News; city in Warwick County, Virginia, named for Capt. Christopher 
Newport and Captain (or Sir William) Newce. 
New Richmond; village in Clermont County, Ohio, named from the city in Virginia. 
New Richmond; city in St. Croix County; Wisconsin, named for Richmond Day, 
a founder. 
New Rochelle; city in Westchester County, New York, named from the city in 
France. 
Newry; towns in Troup County, Georgia, and Oxford County, Maine, township in 
Freeborn County, Minnesota, borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, and town 
in Vernon County, Wisconsin, named either directly or indirectly from the town 
in Ireland. 
New Smyrna; town in Orange County, Florida, named from the native place of the 
wife of Dr. Andrew Turnbull, a colonist. 
Newton; county in Arkansas, named for Isaac Newton, who spoke in opposition to 
secession at the meeting in Little Rock, in 1861. 
Newton; county, and town in Baker County, in Georgia, city in Jasper County, 
Illinois, and counties in Indiana, Missouri, and Texas, named for Sergt. John 
Newton, of the Revolutionary war. 
Newton; city in Harvey County, Kansas, named from the city in Massachusetts. 
Newton; city in Middlesex Count v, Massachusetts, originally a part of Cambridge, 
and when separated called "new town," afterwards contracted to Newton. 
Newton; county in Mississippi, named for Sir Isaac Newton. 
New Ulm; city in Brown County, Minnesota, named by immigrants from their 
native city of Ulm, Germany. 
New York; State of the Union, and county in same State, named for the Duke of 
York, the original grantee. 
Nez Perce; county, and town in same county, in Idaho, and river in Yellowstone 
Park, named for a tribe of Indians, who were so called by the French settlers, 
the phrase meaning "pierced nose." 
Niagara; county in New York and river between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. An 
Iroquois Indian word meaning "across the neck," or "at the neck," 
