Winchester, and constable of the Tower of London Windham, New Hampshire – Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (note spelling) Windom, Kansas and Windom, Minnesota – Senator William Windom Windsor, Colorado – Rev. Samuel Asa Windsor Winfield, Kansas – Chaplain Winfield Scott Winfield (town), New York – Gen. Winfield Scott Winn, Maine – John M. Winn (landholder) Winnie, Texas – Fox Winnie (railroad contractor) Winnsboro, South Carolina – Gen. Richard Winn (founder) Winslow, Maine – General John Winslow Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Joseph Winston Winters, California – Theodore W. Winters (landowner) Winthrop, Maine – John Winthrop (first Governor of Massachusetts) Winthrop, Massachusetts – Deane Winthrop (son of John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts) Wofford Heights, California – I.L. Wofford (founder) Wolcott, Connecticut – Frederick Wolcott Wolcott, New York and Wolcott, Vermont – General Oliver Wolcott (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) Wolfeboro, New Hampshire – English General James Wolfe Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania – Joseph Wommelsdorf (founder) (note the spelling) Woodbury, Vermont – Col. Ebenezer Wood (grantee) Woodfords, California – Daniel Woodford (early settler) Woodhull, New York – Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull Woodleaf, California – James Wood (property owner) Woodsfield, Ohio – Archibald Woods (resident of Wheeling, West Virginia) Woodsonville, Kentucky – Thomas Woodson (senator) Woodville, Texas – George Tyler Wood (governor of Texas) Woody, California – Dr. Sparrell Walter Woody (local rancher) Wooster, Ohio – Gen. David Wooster Worth, New York – Gen. William J. Worth Worthington, Massachusetts – Col. John Worthington (proprietor) Worthington, Minnesota – the maiden name of the wife of A.P. Miller (founder) Wray, Colorado – John Wray (foreman) Wright, New York – Silas Wright (politician) Wright City, Missouri – Dr. H.C. Wright (settler) Wrightsboro, Georgia – Augustus R. Wright (judge) Wrightstown, Wisconsin – H.S. Wright (ferry owner) Wrightsville, Pennsylvania – Samuel Wright (settler) Wurtsboro, New York – Maurice and William Wurts (builders of the Delaware and Hudson Canal) Wyandanch, New York – Wyandanch (sachem of the Montaukett Native American tribe in the mid 17th century) Wytheville, Virginia – George Wythe (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) Y Yankee Jims, California – a criminal with that nickname Yale, Michigan – Elihu Yale (indirectly, via Yale University) Yaquina Bay (Oregon) – Yaquina (Native American chief) Yates Center, Kansas – Abner Yates (landowner) Ybor City, Tampa, Florida – Vicente Martinez Ybor Yellville, Arkansas – Governor Archibald Yell Yonkers, New York – Adriaen van der Donck (landowner who