Name of Gordon

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IPlacee Named Gordon.
Just ae, the family name was in all probability
originally a place name, so we find many Gordons
on the map — taken all over the world by adven-
tuious bearers of bhe name. Here are some of
them : —
THE ORADLE.--Gordon is the name of a
parish in Berwickshire, 4 miles acmth-we«t of
Greenlaw. This was the cradle of the race, and
the Duke of Richmond and Gordon is still
superior of most, if not all, the lands in the
parish, although his branch migrated to the
north of Scotland five centuries ago. There are
two villages (Bast and West) of the name in
Berwickshire.
AFRICA. — Gordon Bay is on the south coast
of Gape Colony. Gordonia is a district in the
south-west of British Beehualand on the
Orange River, which was chartered by the
Dutch soldier, Colonel Robert Jacob Gordon,
on August 17, 1779. Gordon Bennett is the name
of a mountain in Central Africa, seen and
named by Stanley, after the owner of
the "New York Herald," the founder of which,
James Gordon Bennett, belonged to Banffshire.
AMERICA. — A great many places throughout
.America bear the name of Gordon, thus: —
Alabama — village in Henry county.
California — town in Fresno county.
Florida— river.
Georgia — town in Williamson county.
Idaho — town on the St Joseph river.
Indiana — village in Cass county.
Indian Territory- town in the Choctaw Nation.
Iowa — Ferry, in Dubuque county.
Kansas — town in Butler county.
Louisiana — hamlet in Claiborne county.
Nebraska — village in Sheridan county.
Ohio — 'village in Daite county.
Pennsylvania— village in Schulykill county.
South Dakota — village in Jerauld county.
Texas — village in Palo Pinto county.
Wisconsin — village in Douglas county.
There is a village of Gordonsville,
in Lancaster county — probably named
from General Patrick Gordon' of the
Bireemore family, who was the first governor
of the State. There is also a village called
Gordonsville in Orange County, Virginia, 57
miles N.W. Richmond, called after Nathaniel
Gordon, second son of Colonel James Gordon
of Lancaster County, Virginia, who emigrated