Viola Buck Virgil, New York – Virgil (Roman poet) Virgilia, California – Virgilia Bogue (daughter of railroad executive Virgil Bogue) Virginia – Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen" Virginia City, Nevada – Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen" (indirectly, via Virginia) Volney, New York – Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (philosopher) Votaw, Texas – Clark M. Votaw (vice president of the Santa Fe Townsite Company, which laid out the town lots) Voorheesville, New York – Theodore Voorhees (railroader) W Wabasha, Minnesota – Wabasha (Native American chief) Wabaunsee, Kansas – Waubonsie (Native American chief) (note the spelling) Wacouta, Minnesota – Wacouta (Native American chief) Waddington, California – Alexander Waddington (local merchant) Waddington, New York – Joshua Waddington (proprietor) Wadesboro, North Carolina – Col. Thomas Wade Wadsworth, Ohio – General Elijah Wadsworth Wagener, South Carolina - George Wagener (Charleston merchant and railroad company president) Waite, Maine – Benjamin Waite (lumberman) Waitsfield, Vermont – General Benjamin Wait (founder) WaKeeney, Kansas – A.E. Warren and J.F. Keeney (founders) Wakefield, Kansas – Rev. Richard Wake (founder) Wakefield, Massachusetts – Cyrus Wakefield (wicker furniture manufacturer) Wakefield, North Carolina – Margaret Wake Tryon (colonial governor's wife) (indirectly, via Wake County) Wake Forest, North Carolina – Margaret Wake Tryon (colonial governor's wife) (indirectly, via Wake County) Walden, New York – Jacob T. Walden Waldo, Maine – General Samuel Waldo (proprietor) Waldo, Wisconsin – O.H. Waldo (railroad company president) Waldo Junction, California – William Waldo (early settler) Waldoboro, Maine – General Samuel Waldo Waldron Island (Washington) – W.T. Waldron (sailor) Wales, Massachusetts – James Lawrence Wales (benefactor) Walesboro, Indiana – John P. Wales (founder) Walker Pass (California) – Joseph R. Walker (explorer) Walker River (Nevada) – Joseph R. Walker (explorer) Wallace, California – John Wallace (surveyor) Wallace, Idaho – Colonel W.R. Wallace (landowner) Wallington, New Jersey – Walling van Winkle (landowner) Walpole, Massachusetts and Walpole, New Hampshire – Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford Walsenburg, Colorado – Fred Walsen (store owner) Walthall, Mississippi – Gen. Edward C. Walthall Walton (town), New York – William Walton (landowner) Walworth, New York – Reuben H. Walworth (politician) Ward, Indiana – Thomas B. Ward (U.S. representative) Wardner, Idaho – James Wardner (promoter of a local mine) Wardsboro, Vermont – William Ward (grantee) Wards Island (New York) – Jasper and Bartholomew Ward (landowners) Waresboro, Georgia – Nicholas Ware (U.S. Senator) Warner, New Hampshire – Jonathan Warner (leading Portsmouth citizen) Warnerville, New