Paxton Paxton, Nebraska – W.A. Paxton Payne, Ohio – Henry B. Payne (U.S. Senator) Payson, Arizona – Levi Joseph Payson (Illinois congressman) Peabody, Kansas – F.H. Peabody Peabody, Massachusetts – George Peabody (philanthropist) Peekskill, New York – Jan Peek (mariner) Pelham, Massachusetts – Henry Pelham (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Pelham, New Hampshire – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle Pelham, New York – Pelham Burton (tutor of Thomas Pell) Pembroke, Georgia – Pembroke Whitfield Williams (early resident) Pembroke, New Hampshire – Henry Herbert, ninth Earl of Pembroke Pendleton, Indiana – Thomas M. Pendleton (landowner) Pendleton, New York – Sylvester Pendleton Clark Pendleton, Oregon – George H. Pendleton (Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the 1864 presidential campaign) Pendleton, South Carolina – Henry Pendleton (judge) Penfield, Georgia – Josiah Penfield Penfield, New York – Daniel Penfield (settler) Pennsylvania – William Penn (Penn's Woods) Pepperell, Massachusetts – Sir William Pepperrell (hero of the Battle of Louisburg) Perham, Maine – Gov. Sidney Perham Perham, Minnesota – Josiah Perham (officer of the Northern Pacific Railway) Perinton, New York – Glover Perrin (settler) (note the spelling) Perkins Township, Maine – Thomas Handasyd Perkins Perris, California – Frederick Thomas Perris (chief engineer of the California Southern Railroad) Perry, Kansas – John D. Perry (railroader) Perry, Maine, Perry, New York and Perry, Ohio – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (hero of the War of 1812) Perry, Florida – Madison Stark Perry, fourth Governor of the State of Florida, Confederate States Army colonel Perrysburg (town), New York and Perrysburg, Ohio – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Perryville, Missouri and Perryville, New Jersey – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Perth Amboy, New Jersey – James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (The article The Amboys contains the etymology) Peterboro, New York – Peter Smith Peterborough, New Hampshire – Lieutenant Peter Prescott (land speculator) Petersburg, Alaska – Peter Buschmann (Norwegian immigrant) Petersburg, California – Peter Gardett (early merchant) Petersburg, Delaware – Peter Fowler Petersburg, Indiana – Peter Brenton (settler) Petersburg, Pennsylvania – Peter Fleck (settler) Petersburg, Virginia – Peter Jones (co-founder) Petersburgh, New York – Peter Simmons (early settler) Petersham, Massachusetts – William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Viscount Petersham Petersville, Indiana – Peter T. Blessing (founder) Peytona, West Virginia – William M. Peyton Pheba, Mississippi – Pheba Robinson Phelps, Missouri – Gov. John S. Phelps Phelps, New York – Oliver Phelps (proprietor) Phil Campbell, Alabama – Phil Campbell (Railroad engineer) Philippi, West