820 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Weitchpec; town in Humboldt County, California, named for an Indian town called 
Weitspus; the word is said to mean "junction of rivers." 
Welaka; town in Putnam County, Florida. Anlndian word meaning "river of lakes."! 
Welch; town in McDowell County, West Virginia, named for Capt. J. A. Welch, of 
that county. 
Weld; county in Colorado, named for Lewis Led yard Weld, first secretary of Colo- 
rado Territory. 
Weld; town in Franklin County, Maine, named for Benjamin Weld, one of the 
original owners. 
Weldon; village in Dewitt County, Illinois, named for Judge Lawrence M. Weldon. 
Weldon; town in Halifax County, North Carolina, named for a resident family. 
Wellfleet; town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The name is doubtless a 
corruption of "whale fleet." 
Wellington; city in Sumner County, Kansas, and township and village in Lorain 
County, Ohio, named for the Duke of Wellington. 
Wells; county in Indiana, named for Capt. William Wells, killed at the Fort Dear- 
born massacre. 
Wells; town in York County, Maine, supposed to be named from the town in England. 
Wells; town in Hamilton County, New York, named for Joshua Wells, the first 
settler. 
Wells; county in North Dakota, named for the Hon. E. P. Wells, of Jamestown, an 
old settler. 
Wellsboro; borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, named for Mrs. Henry Wells 
Morris, an early resident. 
Wellsburg; town in Chemung County, New York, named for a family who formerly 
owned most of the town site. 
Wellsburg; city in Brooke County, West Virginia, named for Alexander Wells. 
Wells River; stream which rises in Caledonia County, Vermont, named for Cap- 
tain Wells, who was drowned in it. 
Wells River; village in Orange County, Vermont, named from the river. 
Wellston; township and city in Jackson County, Ohio, named for Harvey Wells, 
its founder. 
Wellsville; town in Allegany County, New York, named for Gardiner Wells, a 
prominent resident. 
Wellsville; city in Franklin County, Kansas, named for D. L. Wells, a railroad 
contractor. 
Wellsville; town in Montgomery County, Missouri, named for Judge Carly Wells. 
Wellsville; city in Columbiana County, Ohio, named for William Wells, who laid 
it out. 
Wendell; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named for Oliver Wendell, a 
Boston banker. 
Wenham; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, named from the town in Suffolk 
County, England. 
IWenona; city in Marshall County, Illinois; 
jWenonah; borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Derived from the Sioux- 
Indian, meaning "first-born daughter." 
Wentworth; town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, named for Benning Went- 
worth, former governor of the State. 
Wentzville; town in St. Charles County, Missouri, named for the man who laid it 
out. 
Wepatuck; mountain in Connecticut. An Indian word meaning " place at the nar- 
row pass or strait." 
Wesaw; river in Miami County, Indiana, named for an Indian chief. 
