ganxett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 827 
Wilmington; city in Newcastle County, Delaware; the present name is a corruption 
of the name Will ington, given it in honor of Thomas Willing. 
Wilmington; township and city in Will County, Illinois, named from Wilmington, 
Ohio. 
Wilming-ton; towns in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, New Hanover County, 
North Carolina, and Windham County, Vermont, named for Spencer Compton, 
Earl of Wilmington. 
Wilmington; city in Clinton County, Ohio, named from the town in North Caro- 
lina, w T hence many of the early settlers came. 
Wilmot; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, named for Doctor Wilmot, an 
Englishman. 
Wilna; town in Jefferson County, New York, named from the town in Russia. 
Wilpiquin; stream in Maryland. An Indian word meaning "place of interring 
skulls," so called because the Nanticokes carried the skulls and bones of the 
dead and buried them in the caverns. 
Wilson; mountains in Colorado and Utah, named for A. D. Wilson, topographer. 
Wilson; county, and town in Ellsworth County, in Kansas, named for Hiero T. Wil- 
son, merchant of Fort Scott. 
Wilson; village in Niagara County, New York, named for Reuben Wilson, an early 
settler. 
Wilson; county, and town in same county, in North Carolina, named for Louis D 
Wilson, State senator and officer of Mexican war. 
Wilson; county in Tennessee, named for Maj. David Wilson. 
Wilson; county in Texas, named for James C. Wilson. 
Wilson; point in Washington, named for Capt. George Wilson of the British navy. 
Wilton; town in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, named from the town in 
England. 
Winamac; town in Pulaski County, Indiana. An Indian word meaning "catfish." 
Winchendon; town in Worchester county, Massachusetts, named from the estate in 
England to which Governor Francis Bernard w T as heir. 
Winchester; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for William P. 
Winchester, who donated money to the town. 
Winchester; town in Franklin County, Tennessee, named for Gen. James Win- 
chester, who served in the battle of Raisin River, 1813. 
Winchester; city in Frederick County, Virginia, named from the town in England. 
Wind Gap; borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, which takes its name 
from the gap in the Blue Mountains, the first below the Delaware watergap. 
Windham; county, and town in same county, in Connecticut, named from the town 
in England. 
Windham; village in Portage County, Ohio, and county in Vermont, named from 
the county in Connecticut. 
Windham Center; town in Cumberland County, Maine, named for the earls of 
Egremont. 
Windom; town in McPherson County, Kansas, and village in Cottonwood County, 
Minnesota, named for the Hon. William Windom, member of the cabinet during 
President Harrison's administration. 
Windsor; towns in Kennebec County, Maine, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 
and Broome County, New York, and county in Vermont; also many other cities, 
towns, and villages in the United States. Named, directly or indirectly, from 
the town in England. 
Winfield; town in Cowley County, Kansas, named for the Rev. Winfield Scott, of 
Leavenworth. 
Winfield; town in Herkimer County, New York, named for Gen. Winfield Scott. 
