72 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Castle; peak in Elk Mountains, Colorado, named from its castellated summit. 
Castle; island in the Hudson River, New York, so called from a stockade built by 
the Dutch as a protection from the Indians. 
Castle Rock; towns in Douglas County, Colorado, and Grant County, Wisconsin, 
named from the Castle Rocks. 
Castle Rock; town in Summit County, Utah, so called from a vast rock which bears 
a resemblance to a ruined castle. 
Castleton; village in Stark County, Illinois, named for Dr. Alfred Castle, who was 
instrumental in introducing a railroad into the settlement. 
Castleton; village in Rensselaer County, New York, named from an ancient Indian 
castle on the adjacent hills. 
Castleton; town in Rutland County, Vermont, named for one of the original pro- 
prietors. 
Castor; bayou in Louisiana, and river in Missouri, so named because of the preva- 
lence of beavers. From the Greek, Jcastor, meaning "beaver." 
( Castro; county in Texas; 
I Castroville; town in Medina County, Texas. Named for Henri Castro, who settled 
I 600 immigrants in Texas under Government contract between 1842 and 1845. 
Caswell; county in North Carolina, named for Richard Caswell, governor of the 
State in 1777-1779. 
Catahoula; lake and parish in Louisiana, named for an extinct Indian tribe. 
Cataract; village in Owen County, Indiana, so named on account of the falls in the 
river near. 
Cataraque; river in New York. An Indian word meaning "fort in the water," 
the early name of Lake Ontario. 
Catasauqua; creek and borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware 
Indian word, a corruption of gottoshacki, "the earth thirsts for rain," or 
"parched land." 
Catawba; river in North Carolina and South Carolina; county, and town in same 
county, in North Carolina; village in Clark County, Ohio; town in Roanoke 
County, Virginia; town in Marion County, West Virginia; island in Lake Erie; 
and several other places; named from the Indian tribe. The word maybe from 
the Choctaw, katapa, meaning "cutoff," "separated." 
Catawissa; branch of the Susquehanna River, and borough and township in Colum- 
bia County, Pennsylvania. A corruption of the Indian word gattawisi, "grow- 
ing fat," though some authorities say the name signifies "clear water." 
Cathaneu; river of Maine. An Indian word meaning "bent," or "crooked." 
Catharine; town in Schuyler County, New York, named for Catharine Montour, 
the wife of an Indian sachem. 
Cathedral; peak in the Sierra Nevada, in Mariposa County, California, so named 
from its resemblance to a spire. 
Catheys; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an old settler. 
Cathlamet; point and town in Wahkiakum County, Washington, named from the 
Indian tribe, Kathlamet. 
Cathlapootle ; river in Washington, named for the Cathlapotle Indian tribe. 
Catlettsburg*; city in Boyd County, Kentucky, named for Horatio Catlett, one of 
the first settlers. 
Catlin; township and village in Vermilion County, Illinois, named for J. M. Catlin, 
a railroad official. 
Cato; town in Cayuga County, New York, named by the State land board in honor 
of the distinguished Roman. 
Catoctin; stream in Virginia tributary to the Potomac River. An Indian word 
meaning "great village." 
