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TOPOGRAPHY
The American Notes were supplied by the Hon. C.H. St.Clair (Number 801).
There are several places in France named St.Clair.
From one of these originates the lineage surname, the lord thereof being territorially designated St.Clair-sur-Epte is celebrated as the place where cession of Neustria was made to Hrolf the Northman.
There is the Barony of St.Clare in Wales; Sinclair Bay and Sinclair Castle in Caithness; Sinclair town in Fife; Lake St.Clair in Tasmania; Sinclair Head, Mount Sinclair, and the favourite marine resort of St.Clair, in New Zealand.
Monuments to the St.Clairs in America, more enduring than any of the Old Country, and of necessity causing the name to he known and used by thousands of people, daily for all time: -
- Lake St.Clair, in Michigan and Canada;
- St.Clair River, in Michigan and Canada;
- St.Clair County, in Missouri;
- St.Clair County, in Michigan;
- St.Clair County, in Illinois;
- St.Clair County, in Alabama;
- Santa Clara County, in California.
TOWNS AND POST OFFICES.
- Saint Clair, Lowndes County, Alabama;
- Saint Clair, Crittenden County, Arkansas;
- Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California;
- Santa Clara, Huerfano County, Colorado;
- Saint Clair, Burke County, Georgia;
- Saint Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas;
- Cinclare, West Baton Rouge County, Louisiana;
- St.Clair Springs, St.Clair County, Michigan;
- Saint Clair, Blue Earth County, Minnesota;
- Saint Clair, Franklin County, Missouri;
- Saint Clair, Cascade County, Montana;
- St.Clair, Antelope County, Nebraska;
- St.Clair, Churchill County, Nevada;
- Sinclairville, Chautauqua County, New York;
- St.Clara, Franklin Counry, New York;
- St.Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio;
- St.Clair, Columbiana County, Ohio;
- St.Clair, St.Clair County, Michigan;
- Upper St.Clair, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania;
- St.Clair, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania;
- St.Clairsville, Bedford County, Pennsylvania;
- Saint Clair, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania;
- Sinclair, Lexington County, South Carolina;
- St.Clair, Hawkins County, Tennesee; Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah;
- St.Clair, Smyth County, Virginia;
- St.Clair, Doddridge County, West Virginia;
- Sinclair, Preston County, West Virginia;
- Santa Clara, Brown County, South Dakota.
Schools, squares, parks, hotels, and streets in cities all over the Country also bear this name, given in honour of some member of this family.
NOTE - or of some saint !
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