and Ann Rumsey (settlers' wives) Annsville, New York – Ann Bloomfield (settler's wife) Anson, Maine – George Anson, 1st Baron Anson Anson, Wisconsin - Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat) Ansonia, Connecticut – Anson Greene Phelps Ansted, West Virginia – David T. Ansted (geologist and landowner) Antis Township, Pennsylvania – Frederick Antes (colonel who fought during the Revolutionary War) (note spelling) Anthony, Kansas – George T. Anthony (7th Governor of Kansas) Applebachsville, Pennsylvania – Gen. Paul Applebach Applegate, California – Lisbon Applegate (early settler) Appleton, Maine and Appleton, Wisconsin – Samuel Appleton (father-in-law of Amos Lawrence, founder of Lawrence University) Appling, Georgia – Col. Dan Appling Arbuckle, California – Tacitus R. Arbuckle (early landowner and settler) Archdale, North Carolina – John Archdale Arco, Idaho – Georg von Arco Arenzville, Illinois – Francis A. Arenz (founder) Arietta, New York – Arietta Rensselaer (wife of Rensselaer van Rensselaer) Arlington, Texas – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (indirectly, via Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial) Armourdale, Kansas – Armour brothers (founders of Armour and Company) Arnold, California – Bob and Bernice Arnold (early local merchants) Arnold Heights, California – General Henry H. Arnold Arundel, Maine – Lord Arundel Arvada, Colorado – Hiram Arvada Haskin (brother-in-law of settler Mary Wadsworth) Arvin, California – Arvin Richardson (pioneer) Asbury Park, New Jersey – Francis Asbury Ashburnham, Massachusetts – John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham Ashbyburg, Kentucky – Gen. Stephen Ashby Asheboro, North Carolina – Samuel Ashe (governor of North Carolina) Asherville, Indiana – John Asher (founder) Ashford, Alabama – Thomas Ashford Ashley, Michigan – H.W. Ashley (manager of the Ann Arbor Railroad) Ashley River (South Carolina) – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Astor, Florida and Astor Park, Florida – William Backhouse Astor, Sr. Astoria, Oregon – John Jacob Astor Atchison, Kansas – David Rice Atchison (Missouri Senator) Aten, Nebraska – John Aten (state senator) Athol, Massachusetts – James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl Atkinson, Maine – Judge Atkinson (landholder) Atkinson, New Hampshire – Theodore Atkinson (landowner) Atwater, California – Marshall D. Atwater (farmer, landowner) Atwater, Minnesota – Isaac Atwater (settler of St. Paul) Atwater Township, Ohio – Amzi Atwater (surveyor) Atwood, Kansas – Attwood Matheny (founder's son) Auberry, California – Al Yarborough Audubon, Minnesota – John James Audubon Augusta, Georgia – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Augusta, Kansas – Augusta James (trader's wife) Augusta, Maine – Augusta Dearborn (daughter of Henry Dearborn) Ault, Colorado