1977
DOI: 10.1179/nam.1977.25.3.158
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Jefferson Davis: from President to Place–Name

Abstract: PHILIP c. KOLIN THE NAMES OF THE presidents have had a profound effect, political and patriotic, upon our country. H. L. Mencken unerringly states that "Washington, of course, is the most popular of American placenames.,,1 Looking just at the names of American counties, 31 honor George Washington, 26 pay tribute to J efferson,2 and numerous towns and hamlets named for Lincoln dot the map of America. The onomastic influence of one of Lincoln's contemporaries, in fact his rival in office, has not, unfortunately,… Show more

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“…9. These alternate sources of names are the subject of Gulley (1990); Kolin (1977); and Zelinsky (1988).…”
Section: Notesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…9. These alternate sources of names are the subject of Gulley (1990); Kolin (1977); and Zelinsky (1988).…”
Section: Notesmentioning
confidence: 99%