Adams Quincy, Massachusetts – Colonel John Quincy Quincy, Washington – John Quincy Adams (indirectly, via Quincy, Illinois) Quinlan, Texas – G.A. Quinlan (vice president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway) Quintana, Texas – Andrés Quintana Roo Quitman, 4 places in Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas – Gen. John A. Quitman (also governor of Mississippi) R Rackerby, California – William M. Rackerby (first postmaster) Radford, Virginia – William Radford Rahway, New Jersey – Rahway (Native American chief) Rainier, Oregon – Peter Rainier (British admiral) Rainsville, Indiana – Isaac Rains (proprietor) Raleigh, 3 places in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee – Sir Walter Raleigh Ralston, California – William C. Ralston (mine owner) Ralston, Pennsylvania – Matthew C. Ralston Ramseur, North Carolina – Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur Randalls and Wards Islands (New York) – Jonathan Randall (owner) Randolph, Maine – Peyton Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Massachusetts) Randolph, Massachusetts – Peyton Randolph (first president of the Continental Congress) Randolph, Nebraska – Jasper Randolph (postman) Randolph, New Hampshire – John Randolph (Virginia congressman and senator) Randolph, New York – Edmund Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Vermont) Randolph, Vermont – Edmund Randolph Rangeley, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor) Rangeley Plantation, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor) Ransom Township, Michigan – Gov. Epaphroditus Ransom Ransomville, New York – Clark Ransom (settler) Rapidan River (Virginia) – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (The name is a conjunction of the phrase "Rapid Anne"). Rathbone, New York – Gen. Ransom Rathbone (settler) Rayl, California – David Rayl (hotelier and merchant) Raymond, California – Raymond Whitcomb (travel official) Raymond, Maine – Captain William Raymond Raymond, New Hampshire – John Raymond (grantee) Raymondville, New York – Benjamin Raymond (land agent) Raysville, Indiana – Gov. James B. Ray Readington Township, New Jersey – John Reading (governor of the Province of New Jersey) Readsboro, Vermont – John Reade (landholder) (note spelling) Rector, Arkansas – Wharton or Elias W. Rector (politicians) Red Cloud, Nebraska – Red Cloud (Lakota chief) Redding, Connecticut – John Read (landholder) (the spelling was changed to better reflect its pronunciation) Redfield, Arkansas – Jared Edgar Redfield (railroad executive) Redmond, Oregon – Frank and Josephine Redmond (homesteaders) Red Wing, Minnesota – Red Wing (Native American chief) Reedley, California – Thomas Law Reed (founder and landowner) Reedsburg, Wisconsin – David C. Reed (settler) Reeseville, Wisconsin – Samuel Reese (settler) Reidsville, Georgia – Robert R. Reid (territorial governor of Florida) Reidsville,