74 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Center; town in Sharp County, Arkansas, and county in Pennsylvania, so named 
because of their geographical situation. One hundred and fifty places in the 
country bear this name, alone or with various prefixes. 
Center Harbor; town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, named for one of the 
first settlers, Col. Joseph Senter. 
Central; town in Pickens County, South Carolina, so named because of its geograph- 
ical situation. Twenty-eight other places, with and without suffixes, are so called. 
Central City; town in Gilpin County, Colorado, so named because it was originally 
the center of several mining camps. 
Central City; town in Huntington County, West Virginia, so named because it is 
nearly halfway between Guyandotte and Catlettsburg. 
Centralia; township and city in Marion County, Illinois, so named by the Illinois 
Central Railroad from its location at the junction of the main line and the 
Chicago line. 
Central Lake; village in Antrim County, Michigan, situated on a lake which is in 
the center of a chain of lakes and rivers in the county. 
Ceredo; village in Wayne County, West Virginia, so named by its founder because 
of the bountiful harvest of corn upon its site. The name is derived from Ceres, 
the goddess of corn and liar vests. 
Cerrillos; town in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. A Spanish word meaning " little 
eminences," or "little hills." 
Cerritos; village in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"little hills." 
Cerro Colorado; a conical hill of reddish color in Colorado. The name was given 
by the Mexicans, and means "red hill." 
Cerro Gordo; village in Piatt County, Illinois, county in Iowa, and village in 
Columbus County, North Carolina, named from the Mexican battlefield. The 
words mean "large (around) hill." 
Ceylon; village in Erie County, Ohio, and five other places, named from the island 
off the coast of India. 
Chadbourn; town in Columbus County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
business man of Wilmington, North Carolina. 
Chadds Ford; village in Chester County, Pennsylvania, named for the proprietor, 
Francis Chadsey. 
Chadron; city in Dawes County, Nebraska, named for an old French squawman. 
Chadwick; village in Carroll County, Illinois, named for an engineer who was con- 
nected with the building of the first railroad through that section. 
Chaffee; county in Colorado, named for Jero ue B. Chaffee, United States Senator. 
Chaftin; bluff in Virginia, named for the family who owned it. 
Chagrin; river in Ohio. Two different theories obtain in regard to this name, one 
being that a party of surveyors under Harvey Rice, so named it because of their 
disappointment at finding that they were not following the course of the Cuya- 
hoga River. Howe says that it is named from the Indian word shagrin, which 
is said to mean ' ' clear. ' ' 
Chagrin Falls; village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, named from the river. 
Chamberlain; lake in Maine, named for an old settler. 
Chamberlain; city in Brule County, South Dakota, named for Selah Chamberlain, 
a director of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad. 
Chambers; county in Alabama, named for Senator Henry C. Chambers of that 
State. 
Chambers; county in Texas, named for Thomas J. Chambers, major-general in the 
Texas revolution. 
Chambersburg-; township in Pike County, Illinois, named for a family of first 
settlers. 
