Boone (landowner and son of Daniel Boone) Danville, Pennsylvania – Gen. Daniel Montgomery Jr. Danville, Vermont – Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville Darkesville, West Virginia – Gen. William Darke Darlington, Pennsylvania – S.P. Darlington (Pittsburgh merchant) Darrah, California – Richard Darrah (first postmaster) Darwin, California – Dr. Darwin French Darwin, Illinois – Charles Darwin Daulton, California – Henry C. Daulton (landowner and politician) Davenport, Iowa – Colonel George Davenport Davenport, Nebraska – Colonel George Davenport (indirectly, via Davenport, Iowa) Davenport, New York – John Davenport (settler) Davidson, North Carolina – Gen. William Lee Davidson Davie, Florida – Randolph P. Davie (developer) Davis, California – Jerome C. Davis (local farmer) Davis, West Virginia – Henry Gassaway Davis (U.S. Senator) Dawson, Illinois – John Dawson (member of "The Long Nine", a group of legislators from Sangamon County) Dawson, Nebraska – Joshua Dawson (settler) Dawsonville, Georgia – William Crosby Dawson (U.S. Senator) Dayton, Maine and Dayton, Ohio – Jonathan Dayton Dayton, Texas – I. C. Day (landowner) (combination of Day's Town) Daytona Beach, Florida – Matthias Day Dearborn, Michigan and Dearborn, Missouri – Henry Dearborn (Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War) Deblois, Maine – T.A. Deblois (president of the Bank of Portland) Decatur, 4 places in Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, and New York – Stephen Decatur (War of 1812 naval hero) Decatur, Nebraska – Stephen Decatur (one of the village's incorporators) Decorah, Iowa – Decorie (Native American chief) Decoto, California – Ezra Decoto (landowner) Deering, New Hampshire – Frances Deering Wentworth (the maiden name of Governor John Wentworth's wife) Delancey, New York – James De Lancey (landowner) DeLand, Florida – Henry Addison DeLand (founder, also founded Stetson University) Delano, California – Columbus Delano Delavan, Wisconsin – Edward C. Delavan (temperance leader in Albany, New York) Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (note the spelling) De Leon, Texas and DeLeon Springs, Florida – Juan Ponce de León Denison, Iowa – J.W. Denison (founder) Denison, Texas – Rev. C.W. Denison (abolitionist) Denmark, South Carolina – B.A. Denmark (railroader) Denning, New York – William Denning (land purchaser) Dennis, Massachusetts – Josiah Dennis (resident minister) Dennison, Ohio – Gov. William Dennison Jr. Denton, Maryland – Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland (colonial governor) (According to , Denton is a short version of the town's original name, Eden Town). Denton, Texas – Capt. John B. Denton Denver, Colorado – James W. Denver Depauville, New York –