290 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258.1 
Stearns; county in Minnesota, named for Charles T. Stearns, a member of the State 
legislature. 
Steel; mountain in Washington, named for William G. Steel, of Portland, Oregon. 
Steele; counties in Minnesota and North Dakota, named for Franklin Steele, a res- 
ident of Minneapolis, a town-site promoter. 
Steele; village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, named for D. M. Steele, a railroad 
man. 
Steeleville; village in Randolph County, Illinois, named for the man who built 
the first mill in the settlement. 
Steelton; borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, named from the steel works. 
Steelville; city in Crawford County, Missouri, named from the mines near by. 
Steen; mountain in Oregon, named for Col. Enoch Steen. 
Steilacoom; town in Pierce County, Washington, named for an Indian tribe. 
Stephens; county in Texas, named for Alexander H. Stephens, the American 
statesman. 
Stephenson; county in Illinois, named for Col. Benjamin Stephenson of the War 
of 1812. 
Stephenson ; village in Menominee County, Michigan, named for Robert Stephenson. 
Scephentown; town in Rensselaer County, New York, named for Stephen van 
Rensselaer. 
Steptoe; town in Whitman County, Washington, named for Colonel Steptoe, United 
States Army. 
Sterling; township and city in Whiteside County, Illinois, named for Colonel 
Sterling, of Pennsylvania. 
Sterling"; city in Rice County, Kansas, named for Sterling Rosan, father of C. W. 
and J. H. D. Rosan, early settlers. 
Sterling; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Lord Sterling, an 
American general. 
Sterling; county in Texas, named for a noted frontiersman. 
Sterlingburg; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for James Sterling, 
the builder of an iron furnace there. 
Stetson; town in Penobscot County, Maine, named for the original proprietor, 
Amasa Stetson. 
Steuben; county in Indiana, town in Washington County, Maine, and county, and 
town in Oneida County, in New York; 
Steubenville ; city in Jefferson County, Ohio. Named for Baron von Steuben, a 
Prussian soldier who fought in the American Revolution. 
Stevens; town in Kern County, California, and county in Kansas, named for Thad- 
deus Stevens. 
Stevens; counties in Minnesota and Washington, named for Isaac I. Stevens, gov- 
ernor of Washington Territory in 1853. 
Stevens; stream in Caledonia County, Vermont, named for Capt. Phineas Stevens. 
Stevenson; mountain, and island in Yellowstone Lake, named for James Stevenson, 
of the United States Geological Survey. 
Stevens Point; city in Portage County, Wisconsin, named for the Rev. J. D. Stevens, 
missionary to the Indians. 
Stevensville; village in Berrien County, Michigan, named for Thomas L. Stevens, 
who laid out the town. 
Stevensville; town in Ravalli County, Montana, named for Isaac I. Stevens, the 
first governor of Washington. 
Stewart; county in Georgia, named for Gen. Daniel Stewart. 
Stewart; county in Tennessee, named for Duncan Stewart. 
Stewartstown; town in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for John Stewart, 
one of the original proprietors. 
