The only Blandin listing in the phone book is for the Blandin House Museum. Bowen, in Hancock County, got its name from founder Peter C. Bowen. Hancock county is named for John Hancock, the man behind the bold signature on our county's Declarations of Independence. Camp Point in Adams County is named because the areas was at one time an Indian camping ground. Colchester was originally named Chester, but it was changed to Colchester to distinguish it form Chester in Randolph County.
Tradition has it the prefix reflected the city's coal production.
Hamilton in Hancock County might have been named for Secretary of the treasury Alexander Hamilton, but it wasn't. It was named for Artois Hamilton, and early settler. Henderson County got its name from Col. Richard Henderson, a Kentucky pioneer. Now, Kewanee, in Henry County, got its name from the Indian word kewanee, meaning a return track. Lewistown, in Fulton county, is named for the founder's first son, Lewis Ross.