Evening star., 1897-03-09
MONARCHICAL NAMES.
Some Trace of British Rule That May
Be Found in Several States.

Be Found in Several States.
From the New York Sun.
In one Of the paragraphs of the Decla-
ration of Independence the signers declare
that the patient sufferance of the Ameri-
can COLONIES at last "constrains them to
alter their former systems of government"
Along with the alteration there was in
many of the states, and more particularly
in the New England states, a complete
change Of geographical designations con-
sor ant with the change from monarcnical
to republican government.
In most of the original states no trace
wSs retained of the titles of royalty or
aristocracy such as Congress endeavored
to do away with in prohibiting the accept
ance OF any such title from ANY king,
prince or foreign state" But notwithstand-
ing this mOnarchical titles have survived
In some of the original states-New York
New York. foI instance. as everybody
knows. Kings county and Queens coun-
~, both On Long Island; and there is
moreover. Dutchess (Duchess) county on
the hudson river line and Richmond coun-
" to the south. There is Dukes county
In massachusetts,. and in Virginia, the most
populous of the original states at the time
OF 'he Declaration of Independence, there
ar, are King George county. King VIII
nan county, King and Queen county, a
Prince Edward county, a Princess Anne
county. York and Lancaster counties and
an Elizabeth City county. There are a
frlnce Georges county and a Queen
Anne's county In Maryland, and Pennsyl-
vania has York and Lancaster counties.
but no nearer approach to monarchical
names. In the extreme south and south
west may be found King counties there
was vice president named King). but no
Kings county as in this vicinity One of
the largest of the counties of Washington
stite. the county which includes the city
OF Seattle. is King county and one of
the smallest of the counties of Texas, with
| '''ation of less than two hundred
| by the last federal census is King county.
too But there is no Queen OF Queens
| courty In either state. and the same is
true OF California. which has, however
| Kings county. the other designations OF
geoeTa phical divisions being to a great
extent Spanish. There is no King OF Queen
county in New Jersey and no monarchi-
cal designations Of counties in any of the
New England states with the one excep-
tion ramed. in Massachusetts,. But Dukes
| county, this exception. does not amount to
| much. consisting OF some islands to the
| south of BuEzard's Bay and not on the
| mainland of New England. New York
/ would appear to be the state in which there
/ has been the closest adhesion to the name;
/ of royalty, for Kingston Q<ing's town.
| incorporated in 1872. retained it's orixi
nal name without any change such a.
| some towns make on reaching the dignit,
| of chartered cities, and there are. more
| over. kingsbury and Queensbury, botI
| north OF Kingston. and a Georgetown ant
| there was, up to few years ago, Kings
| bridge in what Is now the northern dis
| trict of New York. and there Is still King,
| highway to the south of BROOKLYN an,
another In Richmond county. In the west
ern states there are no monarchical desIp
nations. and, generally speaking. tn
achievements of patriotic Americans ar
more generally perpetuated there than 1
the case In the original states.