The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-01


rocky character of the soil in the
noighborhood.
Rushville was named because of It's
location at the head OF Rush Creek.
The creek was named because of the
great quantity of rushes that grew up
On 1t when first seen by the early set.
tle.s.
Scrihoor was named for Charles
Scr!bner, the book publisher OF New
YORK. City, or the Scrihnor family of
which Charles was leading member.
Spencer was named after George T..
Spencer, u. S. senator from Alabama.
Road Master Stafford.
Stafford was named for Michael
Stafford, road master of the Elkhorn
road, who had charge of part of the
railroad that passes through the place.
At one time the place was called
O'Donnel but the name vas changed
at the request of the citizens.
stanton was named from the county
and that was named for the great war
secretary, Il, NJ. Stanton of Ohio.
Stuart was named for Robert Stuart.
the tatherin-law of the owner of the
land on which the site was establish.
ed. He was Scotch sea captain.
Tilden was first named Burnett to
honor one of the owners of the rail
road company. Some of the admirers
of Samuel j. Tilden of New York in
duced the postofiice department to
change the name of the postomce and
ultimately the name of the town was
made to correspond.
Valentine was named for e. X. Val
entine of West Point, who was sue
cessively register of the land office at
West Point, district Judge and member
of congress.
Nerdel This name made from the
Spanish word "verde,' meaning green,
and was descriptive of the locality
Nerdigre was named from the near
by river. The river was named from
the Spanish word meaning green be-
cause of the greenish cast of the soil
on its banks.
West Point.
West Point was so named because
when established it was the most
westernly point that was settled in
the valley of the Elkhorn.
Winnetoon was named by w. F..
Fitch, then manager of the railroad
that ran through the place 1t is
from the name of a farm in Dane
county, Wisconsin, owned by Nathan
Deane, a prominent citizen of that
county
Wisner was named by John /. Blair
for Judge Samuel p. Wisner of Cedar |
Rapids, Ia who was prominent in the
affairs of the Elkhorn railroad when
it was built to that place.
Wood Lake is named from a nearby |
lake, so named because around its |
shores was about the only wood in that
part Of the state.
Bancroft was named for George
the American historian.
Blair was named for John |. Blair,
who built the first railroad through
the place
Bloomfield was supposed to be dis
criptive of the vicinity. Was once
known as Wausa and was so named
from a Swedish church so named
about three miles from the present
site.
The Yankton G. Norfolk.
CroftOn was named in honor of ].
T. NJ Pierce from Crofton Court, a
place he owned in England. He spent
much time and money in trying to Sc
cure the construction of a railroad |
from Yankton to Norfolk. 1t was in
honor of these efforts that the place
was named as it is.
Emerson was named in honor of the
Sage of Concord" after first being
called Kennesaw.
Harrington was named by and for a
Lord" Harrington of England who
owns the unsold part of the town and
much land in the vicinity.
Hope was named for II. c. Hope, |
of telegraph of the
NJ. & o.
Hoskins was named by F. H. Peavey |
in 1882 for his father-in-law.
Jackson was named for Andrew |
Jackson.
Oakland named for John Oak, the |
first permanent settler
Fender named for Lord Fender of |
England who owned much land in the
vicinity.
Ponca named from the Ponca tribe
of Indians.
Randolph named for Randolph |
Churchill of England by F. H. Peavey
of Minneapolis who owned the town
site
Wayne named for the county, that
was named for the revolutionary war
general, Anthony Wayne.
Winsde Won.
Winside. Three miles away was the
village postoffice of North Side, so
named because it was on the north
side of the divide. R. c. Crawford
started Winside to compete with North
Side and was so named because he
said II was "hOund IN win -