gannett.] ' PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 321 
Wesley; township in Washington County, Ohio, and town in Washington County, 
Maine, named for John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. 
Wesson; town in Copiah County, Michigan, named for Col. J. M. Wesson, its 
founder. 
West; town in McLean County, Illinois, named for Henry West. 
West Baton Rouge; parish in Louisiana. See Baton Rouge. 
West Bend; city in Washington County, Wisconsin, so named because of the bend 
in Milwaukee River at this point. 
Westboro; town in Worcester County, .Massachusetts, formerly a part of Marlboro, 
hence its name. 
Westby; village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, named for (). T. Westby, an early 
settler. 
West Carroll; parish in Louisiana, named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton. 
Westchester; county in New York, named from the town in England. 
West Creek; town in Ocean County, New Jersey. Derived from an Indian word 
meaning "place to get meat." 
Westerlo; town in Albany County, New York, named for Rev. Eilardus Westerlo,- 
of Albany. 
Westerly; town in Washington County, Rhode Island, so named because of its loca- 
tion in the most westerly part of the State. 
West Feliciana; parish in Louisiana. See East Feliciana. 
Westfield; town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, so named because situated on 
the west boundry of an early survey. 
Westhampton; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, so named because, until 
its incorporation, it was the west parish of Northampton. 
West Haverstraw; town in Rockland County, New York, named from haverstraw, 
a Dutch word, originally written haverstroo, and meaning "oat straw." Believed 
to have been suggested by wild oats growing there. 
West Jersey; township and village in Stark County, Illinois, named by the first 
settlers from the State of New Jersey. 
Westminster; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named from the borough 
of London. 
Westmoreland; town in Pottaw r atomie County, Kansas, named from the county in 
Pennsylvania. 
Westmoreland; counties in Pennsylvania and Virginia, named from the county in 
England. 
Weston; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and city in Platte County, 
Missouri, so named because situated at the western edge of their respective 
counties. 
Weston; county in Wyoming, named for a man prominent in the building of rail- 
roads in eastern and northern Wyoming. 
Westphalia; village in Clinton County, Michigan, named from the province in 
Germany. 
West Plains; city in Howell County, Missouri, so named because the settlement 
was in a prairie in a westerly direction from the nearest town. 
West Point; city in Troup County, Georgia, probably named from its location at 
the most westerly point of the Chattahooche River. 
West Point; town in Clay County, Mississippi, so named because of its location in 
the extreme westerly part of the county. 
West Point; United States military academy in Orange County, New York. The 
promontory known as Gees Point was called West Point by the early settlers on 
the opposite bank of the river, as in their descriptions they designated it as "the 
point to the west. ' ' 
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