GANNETT.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATER. 313 
(Wakefield; village in Wake County, North Carolina; 
iWake Forest; town in Wake County, North Carolina. Named for the wife of 
' Governor Try on. 
Wakenda; town in Carroll County, Missouri. An Indian word meaning "wor- 
shiped." 
Wakulla; county in Florida, named for the famous spring near the Gulf mast 
An Indian word meaning " mystery." 
Walden; town in Orange County, New York, named for Jacob T. Walden, a promi- 
nent citizen. 
Walden; town in Caledonia County, Vermont, named for commanding officer of the 
military forces present during the building of a road in the vicinity. 
{Waldo; county in Maine; 
Waldoboro; town in Lincoln County, Maine. Named for Brig. Gen. Samuel Waldo, 
of Boston. 
Waldron; island in Washington, named for W. T. Waldron, of the ship Porpoise. 
Wales; town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named for James Lawrence 
Wales. 
Walesboro; village in Bartholomew County, Indiana, named for John P. Wales, its 
founder. 
Waihalla; towns in Pembina County, North Dakota, and Oconee Comity, South 
Carolina. A Scandinavian name meaning "palace of immortality." 
Walhonding; river in Ohio. An Indian word meaning "white woman." 
Walke; point in North Landing River, Virginia, named for the oldest resident family 
of Princess Anne County. 
Walker; county in Alabama, named for Senator J. W. Walker, of the State. 
Walker; pass in California, and lake and river in Esmeralda County, Nevada, named 
for Joseph Reddeford Walker, guide of Fremont's second expedition. 
Walker; county in Georgia, named for Freeman Walker. 
Walker; village in Macon County, Illinois, named for J. W. Walker, one of the 
founders. 
Walker; county in Texas, named for Robert J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury 
during President Polk's Administration. 
Walkerville; city in Silverbow County, Montana, named for the owner of the 
"Alice" mine. 
Wallace; county, and tow r n in same county, in Kansas, named for ( Jen. William ILL. 
Wallace, a veteran of the Mexican war. 
Wallace; town in Duplin County, North Carolina, named for a prominent resident. 
Wallace; county in North Dakota, named for "Farmer" Wallace, a pioneer of the 
State in 1870. 
Wallawalla; county, and city in same county, in Washington. From a Nez Pete.'' 
Indian word used to designate a rapid stream. 
Wallenpaupack; stream in Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning "deep, dead 
water." 
Waller; county in Texas, named for Edwin Waller, formerly postmaster-general 
under the republic. 
Wallface; mountain on the west side of the Indian Pass in the Adirondack Moun- 
tains, so called because it terminates at this place in a precipice hundreds of feel 
high. 
Wall Hill; town in Marshall County, Mississippi, named for William Wall. 
Wallington; borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, named for Walling Van 
Winkle, the former owner. 
Walloostook; river in Maine. An Indian word meaning "stream where you get 
boughs," or "line, beautiful river." 
