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

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Dundee, for q short time known as
Warren, was changed to- Dundee in
honor of the Scottish town OF that
name, the founders OF the towu be-
ing Scotch company.
1Lismore village was named after
the township. So far as is known
the derivation of the name connot be
traced. '~
Kinbrae. When this village start
ed it was proposed to call it Locbar-'
lie, a Scotch name, given because a
Scotch colony proposed to locate
there. This was shortened to Airlie
by the time the town was founded.
The postofice name was Airiie, while
the railroad station and township was
known as DeForest. Later the post
Office was also changed to DeForest,
and iu 1888 the town became known
as Kinbrae. The derivation OF the
name is unknownt to the writer.
Reading was named in honor of
Mr.. Read, upon whose land the town
was built. = ~' e..
Indian Lake township took its
name from the lake of the same name.
The name was given to the lake be-
cause of. the fact that when the fret
settlers q. came to that part"of the
country in 1869 many Indians were
camped on the shores of the lake.
Lorain township, first called Fair
view, was named after an Ohio town.
Elk township. The name was pro-
posed by Thos. L. Taylor one of the
first settlers there, and was so named
because of the fact that shortly after
building his house there an elk made
This appearance .on the pemises' took
fright at the appearances OF civillza'
ton and dashed away.
Graham Lake township. Although
this was the first place of settlement
| in the county and the first township
organized, no information as to the
DER ivation of the name is known.
The lakes were probably named in
honor Of some early day t:apper.
= Seward township was named in
honor of William Henry uSeward.
Bloom township, first named in non
OF the Bloom family who were early
settlers there. : = !. /.
Summit Lake township was named
after the lake, and the lake was so
called because of its Typographical
location. The township was first
named Wilson and later Aiken.
Dewald township was named in
honor of Amos and Hiram Dewald
pioneer residents of the township.
Ransom tow nship wa. first known
as Grant. The writer does not know
for whom or what the township was
named.
Larkin township was named in
honor of John Larkin, of New York
city, one of the prominent organizers
of the Catholic Colonization associa-
1
ton, which organization was largely
responsible for the settlement of
western Mobiles county.
Olney township was named afte-
the town of Olney, Ill, and was sugr
gested by R. W. Moberly.
Little Rock township. With no
deinate information, we can only
guess why this township was so
named.
Grand Prairie township. The
name needs no explanation. In the
petition asking for the organization
of the township in 1873 the petitioners
wrote to the commissioners: "rhe
name of Colfax we think appropriate
to call our township, or if that will
not do call it Grand Prairie, or Union
township =
Westside township was named from
Its geographical location.
! Leota township is another one, the
naming of which the writer has not
yet ascertained. a.
The derivation of the names of the
most lakes and creeks of the county
is shrouded in mystery. Okabena is
a Sioux word meaning divided waters.
Ocheda is undoubtedly a Yankton
word, meaning "Boy Lake."