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Carver; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, named for John Carver, firs! 
governor of Plymouth colony. 
Carver; county, and town in same county, in Minnesota, named for Capt. Jonathan 
Carver, who, in 1766-67, traveled from Boston to the Minnesota River, and 
wintered among the Sioux near the site of New Ulm, Minnesota. 
Cary; village in Wake County, North Carolina, named for the temperance lecturer 
of Ohio. 
Cary Station; village in McHenry County, Illinois, named for one of its founders. 
Caryville; town in Genesee County, New York, named for Col. Alfred Cary, early 
settler. 
Casa Blanca; villages in Riverside County, California, and Goliad County, Texas. 
A Spanish phrase meaning "white house." 
Cascade; county in Montana, so named because it contains the great falls of the Mis- 
souri River. 
Cascade; chain of mountains in Oregon and Washington, so called from the cascades 
in the Columbia River breaking through the range. 
Cascade Locks; town in Wasco County, Oregon, situated at the locks built at the 
cascades in the Columbia River. 
Casco; bay and town in Cumberland County, Maine. From an Indian word mean- 
ing, according to some authorities, "resting place," or "crane bay." 
Casetas; village in Ventura County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"cottages." 
[Casey; county in Kentucky; 
|Caseyville; town in Union County, Kentucky. Named for Col. William Casey, a 
| pioneer of the State. 
Casey ville; township and village in St. Clair County, Illinois, named for Lieutenant- 
Governor Badock Casey, member of Congress from Illinois in 1833. 
Cash City; town in Clark County, Kansas, named for its founder, Cash Henderson. 
Cashie; river in North Carolina, named for an Indian chief. 
Cashion; town in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, named for Roy Cashion, a Rough 
Rider in the Spanish-American war, and the only one of the Oklahoma contin- 
gent killed in the charge up San Juan hill. 
Cass; counties in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa; county and river in Michigan; county 
and lake in Minnesota; county in Nebraska; and county and village in same 
county in Texas; named for Gen. Lewis Cass, governor of Michigan in 1820. 
Cass; county in North Dakota, named for Gen. George W. Cass, director of the 
Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Cassadaga; lake, creek, and village in Chautauqua County, New York. An Indian 
word, meaning "under the rocks." 
Casselton: town in Cass County, North Dakota, named for Gen. George W. ("ass, 
director of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Cassia; county and creek in Idaho. A corrupted form of the nameofan early French 
settler. 
Cass Lake; village in Cass County, Minnesota; 
Cassopolis; village in Cass County, Michigan; 
Cassville; village in Grant County, Wisconsin. Named for Gen. Lewis Cass, gov- 
ernor of Michigan in 1820. 
Castalia; town in Erie County, Ohio, named from the ancient fountain at the fool 
of Mount Parnassus in Phocis. 
Castile; town in Wyoming County, New York, named from the ancient kingdom 
of Spain. 
Castine; town in Hancock County, Maine, named for Baron deSt. Castine, a French 
nobleman, by whom it was settled. 
Castle; peak in the Sierra Nevada, California, so named from its conical shape. 
