Kansas and Wellington, Maine – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Wells, Minnesota – the wife of Clark W. Thompson Wells, New York – Joshua Wells (settler) Wellsboro, Pennsylvania – Henry Wells Morris (resident) Wellsburg, West Virginia – Alexander Wells Wellsville, Kansas – D.L. Wells (railroad contractor) Wellsville, Ohio – William Wells (founder) Wendell, Massachusetts – Judge Oliver Wendell of Boston Wentworth, New Hampshire – Governor Benning Wentworth Wesley, Maine and Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio – John Wesley (founder of the English Methodist movement) Wesson, Mississippi – Col. J.M. Wesson (founder) West Gardiner, Maine – Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician) (indirectly, via Gardiner, Maine) West Lafayette, Indiana and West Lafayette, Ohio – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette West Richland, Washington – Nelson Rich (state legislator and land developer) (indirectly, via Richland, Washington) West Virginia – Virgin Queen West Warwick, Rhode Island – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (indirectly, via Warwick, Rhode Island) Westbrook, Maine – Colonel Thomas Westbrook (early settler) Westby, Wisconsin – O.T. Westby (settler) Westerlo, New York – Rev. Eilardus Westerlo Westmoreland, New Hampshire – John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland Westport, Oregon – John West Westville, California – George C. West (first postmaster) Westville, Mississippi – Col. Cato West Westville, Missouri – Dr. William S. West (postmaster) Wetmore, Kansas – W.T. Wetmore (railroader) Weyers Cave, Virginia – Bernard Weyer Wharton, New Jersey – Joseph Wharton (co-founder of Bethlehem Steel) Wharton, Texas – William H. Wharton and John A. Wharton (politicians) Whately, Massachusetts – Thomas Whately (Member of Parliament) Wheeler, New York – Capt. Silas Wheeler (settler) Wheelock, Vermont – Eleazar Wheelock (founder of Dartmouth College) Whipple Mountains (California) – Amiel Weeks Whipple (military engineer) White, South Dakota – W.H. White (settler) White Cloud Township, Mills County, Iowa and White Cloud, Kansas – Ma-Hush-Kah (Native American chief) Whitefield, Maine and Whitefield, New Hampshire – George Whitefield (English evangelist) White Haven, Pennsylvania – Josiah White Whitesboro, New York – Judge Hugh White (settler) Whitestown, New York – Judge Hugh White (settler) Whiteville, North Carolina – James B. White (state legislator) Whiting, Iowa – Charles Whiting (judge) Whiting, Maine – Timothy Whiting (settler) Whiting, Vermont – John Whiting (landholder) Whitingham, Vermont – Nathan Whiting (landholder) Whitinsville, Massachusetts – Paul C. Whitin (cotton mill owner) Whitman, Massachusetts – Augustus Whitman (landowner) Whitman, Washington – Dr. Marcus Whitman (missionary) Whitney, California – Joel Parker Whitney (rancher) Whitney Point, New