324 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
White Plains; village in Westchester County, New York, so named because of the 
white balsam (Gnaphalium Polycephalum) which grows abundantly in that 
section. 
Whitesboro; village in Oneida County, New York, named for Judge Hugh White, 
the pioneer settler of the county. 
Whitesboro; town in Grayson County, Texas, named for Capt. A. B. White, a pio- 
neer settler. 
Whitesburg; town in Letcher County, Kentucky, named for C. White, member of 
the State legislature at the time of the formation of the town. 
Whiteside; county in Illinois, named for Capt. Samuel Whitesides, of the war of 
1812 and Black Hawk war. 
Whitestown; town in Oneida County, New York, named for Judge Hugh White, 
pioneer settler of the county. 
White Sulphur Spring's; town in Meagher County, Montana, named for the medic- 
inal springs located in the vicinity. 
Whitesville; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for Thomas White, one 
of the first settlers. 
Whiteville; town in Columbus County, North Carolina, named for j'ames B. AVhite, 
first member of the State. assembly. 
Whitewater; river, and town in Wayne County, in Indiana, so named because of the 
whitish cast of the waters of the river. 
Whitfield; county in Georgia, named for George Whitfield, a missionary. 
Whiting; town in Monona County, Iowa, named for Senator Whiting. 
Whiting-; town in Jackson County, Kansas, named for Mrs. Whiting, wife of 
Senator C. S. Pomeroy. 
Whiting; town in Addison County, Vermont, so named because three of the pro- 
prietors bore that name; another authority states that it is named for John 
Whiting, of Massachusetts. 
Whitingham; town in Windham County, Vermont, named for Nathan Whiting, 
one of the grantees. 
Whitley; counties in Indiana and Kentucky, named for Col. William Whitley. 
Whitman; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, named for Jared Whitman 
and his son Augustus, who donated land to the town. 
Whitman; county and college in Washington, named for Dr. Marcus Whitman, an 
early missionary. 
Whitmires; town in Newberry County, South Carolina, named for the Whitmire 
family. 
Whitney; loftiest peak of the Sierra Nevadas, named for Prof. J. D. Whitney, State 
geologist of California. 
Whitney; peak in Colorada, named for W. D. Whitney, the philologist. 
Whitney Point; town in Broome County, New York, named in 1824 for Thomas 
Whitney, first postmaster. 
Whitneyville ; village in New Haven County, Connecticut, named for Eli Whitney, 
its founder. 
(Wichita; county, and city in Sedgwick County, in Kansas, and county and river 
\ in Texas; 
I Wichita Falls; town in Wichita County, Texas. Named for the Indian tribe. 
Wickenburg; town in Maricopa County, Arizona, named for Henry Wickenburg, a 
pioneer. 
Wickliffe; town in Ballard County, Kentucky, named for a prominent family of the 
State. 
Wicomico; county and river in Maryland. An Indian word meaning "where 
houses are building." 
