254 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Prestonville; town in Carroll County, Kentucky, named for James P. Preston, an 
early governor of Virginia. 
Presumpscot; village in Cumberland County, Maine. An Indian word meaning 
"rough place in the river." 
Preuss; mountain in Idaho, named for a topographer of the Fremont exploring 
party. 
Pribilof ; islands of Alaska, named for the Russian navigator who discovered them. 
Price; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Price; county in Wisconsin, named for Congressman William T. Price. 
Primghar; town in O'Brien County, Iowa, named by combining the initials of the 
persons present at the laying of the corner stone. 
Prince Edward; county in Virginia, named in 1702 for Edward, a son of Frederick, 
Prince of Wales. 
Prince George; counties in Maryland and Virginia, named for Prince George of 
Denmark, afterwards King of England. 
Princes; stream in northern Illinois, named for Daniel Prince, one of the first set- 
tlers of Peoria County. 
Princess Anne; county in Virginia, named for Princess, afterwards Queen, Anne of 
England; founded in 1691. 
Princeton; mountain in Colorado, named from Princeton University. 
Princeton; city in Gibson County, Indiana, named for Hon. William Prince. 
Princeton; town in Caldwell County, Kentucky, named for William Prince, the 
first settler. 
Princeton; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for the Rev. Thomas 
Prince, pastor of the Old South Church, Boston. 
Princeton; town in Mercer County, West Virginia, named for the battlefield upon 
which Gen. Hugh Mercer fell. 
Princetown; town in Schenectady County, New York, named for John Prince, a 
member of Albany County's assembly. 
Princeville; township and village in Peoria County, Illinois, named for Daniel 
Prince, an early settler in the county. 
Prince William; county in Virginia, named for William, Duke of Cumberland, 1730. 
Proctor; town in Lee County, Kentucky, named for the Rev. Joseph Proctor. 
Proctor; town in Rutland County, Vermont, named for Redfield Proctor, Senator 
from that State. 
Proctor Knott; village in St. Louis County, Minnesota, named for Proctor Knott, 
of Kentucky. 
Proctorsville; village in Windsor County, Vermont, named for the father of Sen- 
ator Redfield Proctor. 
Promised Land; village in Suffolk County, New York, so named because the land 
for factories was promised but never given. 
Promontory; village in Boxelder County, Utah, so named because it is the highest 
point of the Promontory Range. 
Prophetstown; village in Whiteside County, Illinois, named for the "Shawnee 
Prophet," the brother of the Indian chief, Tecumseh. 
Prospect; towns in New Haven County, Connecticut, and Waldo County, Maine, 
and peak in Yellowstone Park, so named because of the elevation. 
Prosperity; town in Newberry County, South Carolina, so named by the optimistic 
settlers. 
Providence; village in Bureau County, Illinois, and county and river in Rhode 
Island, named from Providence, Rhode Island. 
Providence; city in Providence County, Rhode Island, so called by Roger Williams 
"for God's merciful providence to me in my distress." 
