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Port Austin; village in Huron County, Michigan, named for the first man to estab- 
lish a business there. 
Port Chester; village in Westchester County, New York, named from the city in 
England, "port" being prefixed to distinguish it from other towns of the same 
name. 
Port Clinton; village on the border of Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio, named for 
ex-Governor Clinton of Northwest Territory. 
Port Crane; village in Broome County, New York, named for one of the engineers 
of the Chenango Canal. 
Port Deposit; town in Cecil County, Maryland, so named because it is one of the 
principal depots for the pine lumber rafted down the river. 
Port Dickinson; town in Broome County, New York, named in honor of Daniel S. 
Dickinson, United States Senator, lieutenant governor, and attorney-general of 
New York. 
Port Discovery; village in Jefferson County, Washington, named for a ship in the 
fleet of Vancouver, the explorer. 
Porter; county in Indiana, named for Commodore David Porter. 
Porter; town in Oxford County, Maine, named for Dr. Aaron Porter, an early 
proprietor. 
Porter; town in Niagara County, New York, named for Judge Augustus Porter. 
Port Gamble; village in Kitsap County, Washington, named for a United States 
naval officer. 
Port Gibson; town in Claiborne County, Mississippi, named for David Gibson, the 
former owner of the town site. 
Port Henry; village in Essex County, New York, named for the son of Maj. 
James Dalliba, United States Army, and from being a port on Lake Champlain. 
Port Jervis; village in Orange County, New York, named for John B. Jervis, 
engineer of the Hudson and Delaware Canal. 
Portland; city in Jay County, Indiana, named by early settlers from Portland, Me. 
Portland; city in Cumberland County, Maine, and borough in Northampton 
County, Pennsylvania, named, indirectly, from the town in England. 
Portland; city in Multnomah County, Oregon. The name was decided by the toss 
of a copper by two settlers, one from Portland, Maine, and the other from Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts. 
Port Ley den; town in Lewis County, New York, named from Leyden, Netherlands. 
Port Morris; village in W T estchester County, New York, named for Gouverneur 
Morris, an American statesman. 
Port Orchard; town and harbor in Kitsap County, Washington, named for its 
discoverer. 
Port Orford; cape and town in Curry County, Oregon, named for George, Earl of 
Orford. 
Port Penn; town in New Castle County, Delaware, named for William Penn. 
Port Royal; river, and town in. Beaufort County, in South Carolina, so named 
" because of the fairness and bigness thereof." 
Portsmouth; city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, first named Strawberry 
Banke, but later changed to its present name because situated at the river mouth 
and a good harbor. 
Portsmouth; city in Scioto County, Ohio, named from the city in Virginia. 
Portsmouth; city in Norfolk County, Virginia, named from Portsmouth in England. 
Port Tobacco; town in Charles County, Maryland, and an inlet on the Potomac 
River in the same State; the name has no connection with the plant, but is a 
corruption of the Indian word pautapang, meaning a " bulging out," "bay," 
or "cove." 
Port Townsend; harbor and village in Jefferson County, Washington, name. I for 
Marquis of Townsend. 
