Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-23
NAME OF WASHINGTON
None is so Honored by It's
Geographical Use.
296 IN UNITED STATES
FOUND IN GREENLAND, HAWAII
AND FIJI ISLANDS.
Continually Kept in Mind by Monu-
ments or Tablets-First In
Hearts Of All.

From the New York Herald.
On every hand in this land, and In the
uttermost parts Of the earth, Is shown the
respect in which the great name Of WASH
ington is held. There is no name in all the
world 80 honored by it's geograp hical use.
At the extreme north Of Greenland Is Wash
ington land. and a little east Of it is Cape
Washington. Then there is Washington
in Oxford county, Ontario. In the mid-Pa-
cific. south Of Hawaii, is Washington Is
land, and further south, on one Of the Fiji
Islands, is Mount Washington. In Paris
Is the Rue Washington. opening into the
Avenue des Champs Elysees.
Turn to the United States and you will
find 296 Washingtons, which means more
than five for each state, district, territory
and each of the foreign possessions.
National Capital First.
OF these, the first that comes to mind Is
the national capital, then the great north
west state. and after these the numerous
subdivisions Of the several states. In Ala
bama there is a Washington county; in
Arkansas, a county and a town; in Cali
fornia, a county, two towns, three town
ships and to these are added Washington
town and Washington Corners; in Con-
necticut there is a town and Washington
depot; in Florida, a town; Georgia, a county
and town; Idaho, a town; illinois, county,
added Washington Heights. In this list
the word town" is used in its broadcast
sense so as to embrace everything from a
hamlet to a city.
forty-three townships; Iowa, a county, a
town, forty-one townships, and to these
are added Washington Mills and Washing
ton Prairie; Kansas, county, two towns,
Kentucky a county. town and Mount
Washington; Louisiana, parish and a
town; Massachusetts, q town and Mount
Washington: Maine, county. town and
Washington plantation; Maryland, a county.
a town, Washington Junction, and also
Mount Washington; Michigan, a town, two
townships, Washington Island and Wash
ington Harbor; Minnesota, a county, town,
township and Washington lake; Missis-
sippi, a county aid a town.
In Missouri Is great nest Of Washing
tons; a county. q town, twenty-one town
ships, Washington Center and Mount Wash
ington Gulch and Mount Washington; Ne
braska, a county; North Dakota, a north
and a south Washington lake; New Hamp-
shire, town, a township and Mount
townships, Washington Crossing, Washing
tonville. Washington Corners and Washing
ton Place; New York, a county, two towns,
Washingtonville, Washington Mills, Wash
ington Hollow and Washington Four Corn
ers; North Carolina, a county and two
townships.
ohio's Remarkable Display.
Then comes Ohio, with remarkable dis
play, a county, four towns, forty town
ships, Washingtonville, Washington Station
and Mount Washington; Oregon, a county;
Pennsylvania, a county, three towns, twen-
ty-one townships and Mount Washington;
Rhode Island, a county, town and WASH
ington Village; South Carolina, township;
Tennessee, a county, town and Washing
ton College post office: Texas, a county
and town; Utah, county and town;
Vermont, county and town; Virginia, q
county, a town and ''Washington's birth
place." in Westmoreland county; Washing
ton, Washington Lake; Wisconsin. a coun-
ty. six townships. Washington Island and
Washington Harbor; Wyoming, Mount
Washington.
When one thinks of the monuments to
Washington, the first that comes to mind
there Is the celebrated marble statue in
the central hall Of the capitol at Rich
mond, by Jean Antoine Houdon, and not
far away the imposing monument in Balti-
more, surmounted by colossal statue OF
the patriot.
There is no state, in fact, there is no
city Of any considerable size, where Wash
ington Is not continually kept in mind by
some monument or tablet to his memory
and they are increasing now more rapidly
than ever before, since the Sons and Daugh-
tiers Of the Revolution. the Colonial Danes
and the various other patriotic organiza-
lions have begun their work. These are
seen in the granite tablet under the Wash
ington elm. in Cambridge. commemorating