270 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258 
Saint Augustine; city in St. John County, Florida, so named because the first land- 
ing was made on that day. 
Saint Bernard; parish in Louisiana, named by the French for the saint. 
Saint Charles; parish in Louisiana, named for the saint. 
Saint Charles; county, and city in the same county, in Missouri, so named because 
it was the purpose of the vicar of Pontoise to establish a seminary there in honor 
of that saint, where the Indians should be educated. 
Saint Clair; county, city in same county, and lake in Michigan, said to have been 
so named because the lake was discovered by the French upon that saint's day. 
Saint Clair; counties in Alabama, Illinois, and Missouri, town in Antelope County, 
Nebraska, and borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; 
Saint Clairsville; village in Belmont County, Ohio. Named for Gen. Arthur St. 
Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory. 
Saint Clement; town in Pike County, Missouri, named for the patron saint of Clem- 
ent Grote, an early settler. 
Saint Cloud; township and city in Stearns County, Minnesota, named by the 
original proprietors from the town in France. 
Saint Croix; river in Maine, probably so named because of its resemblance at Oak 
Bay to a cross; croix, the French word for ''cross." 
Saint Croix; river of Minnesota and Wisconsin, named for Monsieur St. Croix, who 
was drowned at its mouth. 
Saint Croix; county in Wisconsin, named from the river. 
Saint Derion; village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, named for Joseph Derion, an 
Indian chief of the Otoe tribe. 
Saint Elias; mountain in Alaska, named for the saint upon whose day it was dis- 
covered. 
I Saint Francis; stream in Minnesota and county in Arkansas; 
Saint Francois; county in Missouri. Named for the founder of the Franciscan 
order. 
Sainte Genevieve; county, and city in same county, in Missouri, named for the 
French saint. 
Saint George; town in Knox County, Maine, named from the island which is now 
called Monhegan, but was originally named by its discoverer, Capt. George Wey- 
mouth, for his patron saint. 
Saint George; town in Dorchester County, South Carolina, located in the defunct 
county of St. George, for which it is named. 
Saint George; town in Chittenden County, Vermont, named for George III, of 
England. 
Saint George; town in Tucker County, West Virginia, named for St. George Tucker, 
clerk of the house of delegates. 
Saint Helena; town in Napa County, California, and parish in Louisiana, named 
for the French saint. 
Saint Helens; mountain in Washington, named for Lord Saint Helens, British 
ambassador to Madrid. 
Saint Ignace; township in Mackinac County, Michigan, named for a Catholic 
church erected within its limits. 
Saint Jacob; township and village in Madison County, Illinois, named for the first 
three settlers, Jacob Shultz, Jacob Schroth, and Jacob Willi. 
Saint James; parish in Louisiana, named for the French saint. 
Saint James; city in Watonwan County, Minnesota, named for the first settler, 
James Purrington. 
Saint James; town in Phelps County, Missouri, named for a large mine owner in 
the vicinity. 
Saint John; county in Florida, named from Saint Johns River. 
