gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 271 
Saint John; village in Perry County, Illinois, named from a celebration of Saint 
John's Day, June 24, held in the sett lenient in L856. 
Saint John; eity in Stafford County, Kansas, named for Governor John P. St. John. 
Saint Johns; river in Florida, called by the Spanish discoverers San Juan Bautista, 
because upon this saint's day it was discovered. 
Saint Johns; village in Clinton County, Michigan, named for John Swegles. 
Saint Johnsbury; town in Caledonia County, Vermont, named for St. John de 
Creve-eoeur, French consul at New York, and a benefactor of Vermont. 
Saint Johnsville; town in Montgomery County, New York, named for an old 
church , established there in early days. 
Saint John the Baptist; parish in Louisiana, named from the Saint Johns River. 
Saint Joseph; county in Indiana, and county, and city in Berrien County, in Michi- 
gan, named from the river. 
Saint Joseph; river rising in Hillsdale County, Michigan, and entering Lake Michi- 
gan. Named by the early French Catholic explorers for the husband of the 
Virgin Mary. 
Saint Joseph; city in Buchanan County, Missouri, named for Joseph Robidoux, an 
early French settler. 
Saint Landry; parish in Louisiana, named for Saint Landri, bishop of Paris in 651. 
Saint Lawrence; gulf in New York, so named because discovered upon the feast 
day of that saint. 
Saint Lawrence; county and river in New York, named from the gulf. 
Saint Louis; town in Sonoma County, California, and city in Gratiot County, 
Michigan, named from the city in Missouri. 
Saint Louis; river rising in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, and flowing into Lake 
Superior. Probably so named by the explorer, Verendrye, in 1749, in honor of 
the cross of Saint Louis conferred upon him shortly before his death by the 
King of France. 
Saint Louis; county in Minnesota, named from the river. 
Saint Louis; county, and city in Saint Louis City County, Missouri, named for 
Louis XV of France. 
Saint Martin; parish in Louisiana, named for Saint Martin, bishop of Tours, about 
400. 
Saint Mary; parish in Louisiana, so named by Roman Catholic settlers. 
Saint Mary; county in Maryland, named for Queen Henrietta Maria. 
Saint Marys; -city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, peak in Bitter Root Mountain 
range, RavaPi County, Montana, and township and village in Auglaize County, 
Ohio, named from St. Mary's Mission in Bitter Root Valley, Montana. 
Saint Marys; town in Elk County, Pennsylvania, originally settled by Roman 
Catholics, and named for the saint. 
Saint Matthews; town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, named for the 
county, now^defunct, in which it was formerly located. 
Saint Paul; city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, named for a church which was 
built for M. Galtier, an early Catholic missionary. 
Saint Paul; city in Howard County, Nebraska, named for J. X. and N. J. Paul, its 
first settlers. 
Saint Peter; village in Cedar County, Nebraska, named for John Peter Abts, the 
first settler. 
Saint Peters; town in Saint Charles County, Missouri, named for a Jesuit mission 
established there in early days. 
Saint Regis Falls; village in Franklin County, river and falls in New York, named 
for a canonized Jesuit missionary. 
Saint Stephens; town in Berkeley County, South Carolina, named for the now 
defunct parish in which it was formerly located. 
