Perhaps the names should stand as testament to the early settlers' shortcomings. It seems problematic to be renaming places after 'approved' historical people.

Perhaps the names should stand as testament to the early settlers' shortcomings. It seems problematic to be renaming places after 'approved' historical people. How long before historians uncover unsavory details about their lives, and in any case has the air of simply shuffling deck-chairs. Surely we haven't run out of poetry for place names, which should be descriptive, or named after local landmarks, or at a stretch, relevant historical events.