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Jhambersburg; town in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, named for a Scotchman 
who founded it, Benjamin Chambers. 
Jhampaign; county, and city in same county, in Illinois, named from the county in 
Ohio. 
Jhampaign; county in Ohio, so named from the general character of the country. 
From the French, champ, meaning "fields," and plains, "flat." 
Jhampion; town in Jefferson County, New York, and township in Trumbull 
County, Ohio, named for Gen. Henry Champion, of Connecticut. 
Jhamplain; lake, and town in Clinton County, in New York, named for the disci >v- 
erer of the lake, Samuel de Champlain, a French naval officer, who explored 
that country in 1609. 
Jhancellorsville; village in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, named for a family in 
the neighborhood. 
Jhandeleur; bay and islands on the coast of Louisiana, so named because they were 
discovered on Candlemas or Chandeleur day. 
Jhandlersville; village in Muskingum County, Ohio, named for Samuel ('handler. 
Jhandlerville; village in Cass County, Illinois, named for Dr. Charles Chandler, 
its founder. 
Jhaney; creek in Mississippi, named for Robert Chaney, an early settler in Perry 
County. 
Jhanhassan; river in Minnesota and North Dakota. An Indian word meaning 
"pale bark wood," or "sugar tree." 
Jhanhassen; village in Carver County, Minnesota. An Indian word meaning 
"firestone." 
Jhankie; creek in South Dakota. Coues says it is clipped from tschehkanakasahtapah, 
'breech clout." Haines gives chanka, "firestone," so named from a very hard rock 
of vitrified sandstone found near its mouth. 
Jhanlers; purchase in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for Jeremiah Chanler, 
an early owner. 
Jhanopa; lake in Minnesota. A Sioux Indian word meaning "two wood." 
Jhanshayapi; river in Minnesota, A Sioux Indian word meaning "redwood," 
or "post painted red." 
Jhanute; city in Neosho County, Kansas, named for 0. Chanute, civil engineer 
with the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad. 
Jhapa; river in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "beaver." 
Jhapel Hill; town in Orange County, North Carolina, named from a colonial chapel 
of the Church of England, built on a hill. 
Jhapin; village in Morgan County, Illinois, named for its founders, Charles and 
Horace Chapin. 
Jhapin; town in Lexington County, South Carolina, named for a family of that name. 
Jhapman; borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, named for William 
Chapman, who owned slate quarries there. 
Jhappaqua; town in Westchester County, New York. An Indian word meaning 
edible root of some kind. 
Jhappaquiddick; island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. From an Indian word, 
cheppiaquidne, "separated island." So called because separated from Marthas 
Vineyard by a narrow strait. 
3happaral; village in Butte County, California. From the Spanish, meaning a 
' ' plantation of evergreen oaks. ' ' 
3hardon; village in Geauga County, Ohio, named for a proprietor, Peter Chardou 
Brooks. 
Chariton; township and city in Lucas County, Iowa, and comity, river, and town in 
Putnam County, Missouri. The origin of the name is in doubt. The mosl gen- 
erally accepted theory is that it was given by the early French, but that the 
