68 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Cannon Falls; village in Goodhue County, Minnesota, named from the river. 
Cannonsburg-; town in Kent County, Michigan, named for Le Grand Cannon, of 
Troy, New York. 
Cannonsville; village in Delaware County, New York, named for Benjamin Can- 
non, early owner. 
Canoeridge; village in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, so named because it is situ- 
ated on the highest point on the west branch of the Susquehanna River to which 
a canoe could be pushed. 
Canoga; village in Seneca County, New York, named from a large spring which 
affords permanent motive power for two mills. An Indian word meaning "oil 
floating on the water. ' ' 
Canon; a name given by the Spaniards to narrow mountain gorges or deep ravines. 
Various places, sometimes spelled canon, others canyon, named from their prox- 
imity to gorges; such as Canyonville, Oregon, and Canyon, Colorado. A Spanish 
word meaning "tube," or "funnel." 
Canon de Ugalde; pass in Texas named for a Mexican general. 
Canonicut; island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, named for Canonicus, an 
Indian chief of the Narragansett tribe, a friend of Roger Williams. 
Canonsburg; town in Washington County, Pennsylvania, laid out by and named 
for Col. John Cannon. 
Canooch.ee; river, and village in Emanuel County, in Georgia. An Indian word said 
to be derived from ikanodshi, "graves are there." 
Cantara; town in Siskiyou County, California. A Spanish word meaning a "large- 
mouthed pitcher." 
Canterbury; town in Windham County, Connecticut, and villages in Kent County, 
Delaware, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, and Mingo County, West Vir- 
ginia, named from the English city. 
Canton; numerous places in the country, which derive their name, either directly 
or indirectly, from the city in China. 
Cantrall; village in Sangamon County, Illinois, named for its founder. 
Capac; town in St. Clair County, Michigan, named for Manco Capac, the first 
emperor or chief of the Peruvian empire. The word, manco, is said to mean 
"chief." 
Cape Elizabeth; town in Cumberland County, Maine, named from the cape, which 
was named for Queen Elizabeth of England. 
Cape Girardeau; "county, and city in same county, in Missouri, named for Sieurj 
Girardot, of Kaskaskia. 
Cape Horn; station on the Central Pacific Railroad in Placer County, California. 
A difficult curve and grade, and spoken of as "rounding Cape Horn," after the 
South American cape. 
Capell; mountain and fort in California, named for an officer. 
Cape May; county, and city in same county, in New Jersey, named from the cape] 
named for Cornells Jacobse May, a navigator in the employ of the Dutch West 
Indian Company. 
Cape Vincent; town in Jefferson County, New York, named for Vincent, son of 
Le Ray de Chaumont. 
Capitan; village in Santa Barbara County, California. The Spanish form for 
"captain" or "leader." 
Capitol; peak in Colorado, so named from its form. 
Carancahua; village in Jackson County, Texas, named for the Karankawa tiibe of 
Indians. 
Carbon; a name of frequent occurrence in the country, given to indicate the pres--! 
ence of coal deposits. Counties in Montana, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wyoming 
are so called. Various suffixes, such as "dale," "hill," etc., are also used. 
