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MANY SOURCES fOR NAMES OF TOWNS IN IOWAEarly Settlers Brought Names Westward To NewHomesWhere do the names of lt;itiesThtr« Are three principal sourcesfor names of places in Iowa, aside from those falo'n from Indian dialects. The first source for names isprobably the names of towns orj#l!!«’s which were the homes of the jQi tibrs Ixfore cnmlnu to lowa.j v. as, many towns are found in the i itate which faklt;* tIm*Ir names from j es in the ra*tem part of the j country. or even from places across]Many towns and cities in the state receive fti» ir nann-a from the] geographical feature* of the sectionof the state in which Ihe placo i?located. The third .mmih r* of names is found In the name s *f men who took an active* and prominent part in settling the state.Rutland, Iowa, in Humboldt routi-ty# was? named by migrants to the Ktate from Rutland, \Yrniontf andfrom the Iowa village went settlers i nto 80111h I)a kof a, v* here t hey riamed a town in that state Rutland inhonor of both the earlier settlements.ame* iraul West,Prim n* in See « untynamed by !r Anson Flint, an early settler, for bin former home in Prinninn, New York*Plymouth county wat* named by settlers from M as h a eh u set t ** who nought to commemorate here in west the site of the Mayflower's 2g and the Pilgrim.s* Jirst settlement.
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Dubuque Times Journal
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sun, Feb 24, 1924
Page 13
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