places in Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas – Gen. Edmund P. Gaines Galen, New York – Galen Galesburg, Illinois – George Washington Gale (founder) Galesville, Wisconsin – George Gale (founder) Gallatin River – Albert Gallatin Gallatin, New York and Gallatin, Tennessee – Albert Gallatin Gallaway, Tennessee – J.M. Gallaway (mill owner) Gallitzin, Pennsylvania – Pierre Gallitzin (founder) Galveston, Texas – Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, José de Gálvez, 1st Marquess of Sonora, Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo Gambier, Ohio – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (benefactor of Kenyon College) Gansevoort, New York – Col. Peter Gansevoort (resident) Garberville, California – Jacob C. Garber (first postmaster) Gardiner, Maine – Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician) Gardiner, New York – Lieutenant Governor Addison Gardiner Gardiners Island, New York – Lion Gardiner (settler) Gardner, Kansas – Henry Gardner, Governor of Massachusetts Gardner, Massachusetts – Colonel Thomas Gardner (killed during the Battle of Bunker Hill) Garfield, 6 places in Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New Jersey, Mahoning County, Ohio, and Oregon – James A. Garfield Garibaldi, Oregon – Giuseppe Garibaldi Garland, Maine – Joseph Garland (settler) Garland, Texas – Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland Garlock, California – Eugene Garlock (early businessman) Garnett, Kansas – W.A. Garnett (resident of Louisville, Kentucky) Garrett, Indiana and Garrett, Pennsylvania – John W. Garrett (president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) Garretson, South Dakota – A. S. Garretson (banker) Garrison, Texas – Z.B. Garrison (settler) Gary, Indiana – Elbert Henry Gary Garysburg, North Carolina – Roderick B. Gary Gastonia, North Carolina – William Gaston (judge) Gasquet, California – Horace Gasquet (first postmaster) Gates, New York and Gatesville, North Carolina – Gen. Horatio Gates Gaylesville, Alabama – George W. Gayle Gaylord, Kansas – C.E. Gaylord (resident of Marshall County) Gayoso, Missouri – Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (colonial governor) Geary, Kansas – Gov. John W. Geary Geddes, New York – James Geddes (early settler) Gentry, Missouri – Col. Richard Gentry George, Washington – George Washington George West, Texas – George Washington West (founder) Georgetown, California – George Phipps (founder) Georgetown, Colorado – George Griffith (clerk of court) Georgetown, Delaware – George Mitchell (resident) Georgetown, Kentucky and Georgetown, Massachusetts – George Washington Georgetown, Maine and Georgetown, South Carolina – George I of Great Britain Georgetown, Washington, D.C. – George II of Great Britain Georgia (U.S. state) – King George II of Great Britain German, New York – Gen. Obadiah German (landowner)