330 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [lull. 258. 
Woodbury; county in Iowa, named for Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire. 
Woodbury; city in Gloucester County, New Jersey, named from the English town. 
Woodbury; town in Washington County, Vermont, named for Col. Ebenezer Wood, 
the first grantee. 
Woodford; county in Illinois, named from the county in Kentucky, the birthplace 
of many of the first settlers. 
Woodford; county in Kentucky, named for Gen. William Woodford, of the French 
and Indian and Revolutionary wars. 
Woodhull; village in Henry County, Illinois, named for its founder, Maxwell 
Woodhull. 
Woodhull; town in Steuben County, New York, named for Gen. Nathaniel Wood- 
hull, a Revolutionary officer. 
Woodland; township and city in Yolo County, California, so named because of the 
abundance of timber in the locality. 
Wood River; village in Hall County, Nebraska, so named because situated on the 
banks of the river of that name. 
Woodruff ; county in Arkansas, named for William E. Woodruff, sr. , a pioneer. 
Woodruff; valley in Nevada, named for Capt. I. C. Woodruff. 
Woodruff; town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, named for a prominent 
family. 
Woods; county in Oklahoma, named for Samuel Wood, of Kansas, the "s" being 
added through a mistake of the printer. 
Woodsfield; village in Monroe County, Ohio, named for Archibald Woods, of Wheel- 
ing, West Virginia. 
Woodson; county in Kansas, named for Daniel Woodson, former secretary of the 
Territory of Kansas. 
Woodsonville; village in Hart County, Kentucky, named for Senator Thomas 
Woodson. 
Woodstock; towns in Windham County, Connecticut, originally in Massachusetts, 
and in Windsor County, Vermont, named from the town in England. 
Woodstock; city in McHenry County, Illinois, named from the town in Vermont. 
Woodstown; borough in Salem County, New Jersey, named for an early resident. 
Woodville; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for Ebenezer, Ephraim, 
and Jacob Wood, the first settlers. 
Woodward; county in Oklahoma, named for an army officer. 
Woolwich; town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, named from the military depot in 
England. 
Woonsocket; cities in Providence County, Rhode Island, and Sanborn County, 
South Dakota. From the Indian word meaning "at the place of mist." 
Wooster; city in Wayne County, Ohio, named for Gen. David Wooster, an officer 
of the Revolution. 
Woosung; township and village in Ogle County, Illinois, named from Woosung in 
China. 
Worcester; county in Maryland, named for the Earl of Worcester, who married a 
Calvert. 
Worcester; county, and city in same county, in Massachusetts, named from the 
county in England. 
Worth; counties in Georgia, Iowa, and Missouri, and towm in Jefferson county, New 
York, named for Gen. W. J. Worth, an officer in the Mexican w T ar. 
Worthington; town in Greene County, Indiana, named from the village in Min- 
nesota. 
Worthing-ton ; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, named for its proprietor, 
Col. John Worthington. 
