gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 259 
Ravenswood; substation in Long Island City, New York, because of the thousands 
of crows who made their home in the surrounding woods. 
Ravenswood: town in Jackson County, West Virginia, named for the Ravens- 
worths, a family of England, but misspelled by the engravers in making the 
first maps and never corrected. 
Rawhide; creek in Nebraska, said to be so named because a white man was Hayed 
upon its banks by a party of Pawnee Indians. 
Rawlins; county in Kansas and city in Carbon County, Wyoming, named for John 
A. Rawlins, secretary of war under President Grant. 
Ray; creek in California, named for an early settler. 
Ray; county in Missouri, named for John Ray, a member of the convention which 
formed the State constitution. 
Raymond; village in Madera County, California, named for Raymond Whitcomb, 
who organized a party of tourists to make the trip to the Yosemite by stages 
from this point. 
Raymond; town in Cumberland County, Maine, named for Capt. William Raymond. 
Raymond; town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, named for John Ray- 
mond, a grantee. 
Raymondville; village in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Benjamin 
Raymond, first agent. 
Raymore; town in Cass County, Missouri, named for two railroad men of St. Louis, 
Messrs. Ray and Moore. 
Raynham; town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, named from the parish of Rain- 
ham, Essex County, England. 
Raysville; village in Henry County, Indiana, named for Governor Ray. 
Reading; towm in Fairfield County, Connecticut, named for Col. John Read, an 
early settler. 
Reading; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and city in Berks County, 
Pennsylvania, named from the town in Berkshire, England. 
Readsboro; town in Bennington County, Vermont, named for John Read, one of 
the original patentees. 
Readstown; village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, named for its founder. 
Reagan; county in Texas, named for John H. Reagan, a member of the Confederate 
cabinet. 
Rector; town in Clay County, Arkansas, named for Wharton or Elias Rector, dis- 
tinguished in the early Indian affairs of the State. 
Red; range of mountains in Alabama, so called on account of its hematite ores. 
Red; river in Arkansas, so named on account of the color of the sediment with 
which it is freighted. 
Red; lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota. The name is a translation of the ( >jibway 
name, referring to the unruffled surface of the lake reflecting the red sunset. 
Red; group of mountains in Wyoming, so named because formed of porphyry, 
which becomes dark red when exposed to the sun. 
Red Bank; towns in Marshall County, Mississippi, and Monmouth County, New 
Jersey, so named on account of the reddish appearance of the river banks. 
Red Bluff; township and city in Tehama County, California, so named Erom the 
reddish color of a high bank of the Sacramento River, near which the city is 
located. 
Redbud; villages in Walker County, Alabama, and Gordon County, Georgia, city 
in Randolph County, Illinois, and village in Cowley County, Kansas, so named 
because of the presence of the redbud, a small ornamental tree. 
Red Cap; creek in California, named for a near-by mine. 
Red Cedar; river in Iowa, so named from the abundance of cedar trees which 
formerly grew along its banks. 
