The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-27
MOBILES &C. NAMES

Interesting Account of How Some
.- Cities. Villages and Towns
~ ~ We're Named. AK
A. P. Rose, County Historian, Un'
".". earths Much interesting ~. ~.
History. ..s,.. =
The derivation of the names of the
villages and townships of Mobiles
county is ofinterest TO every resident
of the county. Until recently no ef-
fort has been made to secure and pre-
serve the information relating to the
derivation of the nam % and incidents
connected with their selection, With
in the last few months, however, a.
P. Rose, of Worthington, who is en-.
gagged in compiling a history of the
county, has made an effort to secure
such Information, and has secured re-
liable data concerning the naming OF
most of the places. He furnishes US
with the following brief out line ofthe
derivation of the names, more ex'
tended account of which,, of course,
will appear in his forthcoming his
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Mobiles county, created by the ter
ritorial Legislature on May 23,,> 1857
was named in honor Of CO... W. II.
Mobiles, who was noted as the discov-
erer of the pass in the Rocky Noun
tains which shortened the emigrant
route to the Pacific side some 500
miles.
Worthiugton. The naming of the
county seat village has been the sub
ject of much debate, but has finally
been settled beyond dispute. It was
! named in honor Of the Worthington
amily 81 Ohio, and was suggested
& by Mrs. A. P. Miller, wife of Dr.. A.
P. Miller, one Of: the founders
Of the village. Her mothers
maiden name was Worthington. One
name proposed for the young village
was Dorman, Mrs. Miller's maiden
name., The name. Worthington is
one of the oldest in America, the
founder of the American branch OF
the family having come over in the
MayAower. It is a Saxon name, and
there are records of the family in
England before the time of william,
the Conqueror. The home was in
Derby, England, and the family is
said to have taken the name from a
village in Derby
Adrian was named in honor of Adri-
an Iselin, OF New York, one Of the d.
rectors OF the St. Paul and Sioux
City railroad, which constructed the
Sioux Falls branch railroad in 1876:
.' Ellsworth received it's name from
an engineer in the employ OF the
Burlington railroad.
Wilmont village took its name from
the township, although the spelling
is slightly different, the town having
one and the township being spelled
with two. When Wilmont township
was organized in the fall Of 1878
there was split over the naming OF
the town. One party wanted it named
Willumet and another Lamont. When
final action was taken by the county
commissioners part of each pro-
posed name was taken, and the COM
bination resulted in "'Wilmont.
Brewster was first named Hersey,
in honor of Gen. ST. Hersey, one of
the directors of the railroad company
Hersey township was, Of course, also
named in his honor. The change in
the name OF the village was made
when the Omaha secured control OF
of the road B. wster being name OF
q director of the Omaha road.
Round Lake village, for very short
time known as Indian Lake, tool it's
name from ti,o lake just over the line
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