76 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258 
original form of the word has been lost, hence the translation is impossible. 
Some persons say that there was a French trader who had his agency near the 
mouth of the river, whose name was similar. 
Charlemont; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named for the Earl of 
Charlemont. 
Charles; county in Maryland, named in honor of Charles Calvert, son of Cecilius 
Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, 
r Charles; river in Massachusetts, and point in Northampton County, Virginia; 
\Charles City; county in Virginia. Named for Charles I of England. 
Charles City; township and city in Floyd County, Iowa, named by Kelley St. Charles 
for his son. 
Charles Mix; county in South Dakota, named for a pioneer citizen. 
Charleston; township and city in Coles County, Illinois, named for Charles Morton, 
one of the founders. 
Charleston; town in Penobscot County, Maine, named for an early settler, Charles 
Vaughan. 
Charleston; town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, named from Charleston, 
South Carolina. 
Charleston; county, and city in same county, in South Carolina. The city was 
named first and was originally called Charles Town, in honor of Charles II of 
England. 
Charleston; city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, named for Charles Clendman, 
father of George Clendman, the founder. 
Charlestown; part of Boston, Massachusetts, named for Charles I of England. 
Charlestown; town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, named for Sir Charles 
Knowles. 
Charlestown; town in Washington County, Rhode Island, named either for King 
Charles II of England, or for Charles Edward, the pretender. 
Charles Town; town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, named for the brother of 
George Washington, Charles Washington, who owned the land upon which the 
town was built. 
Charlevoix; county, and village in same county, in Michigan, named for Pere Fran- 
cis X. Charlevoix, a missionary and historian. 
Charley Apopka; creek in Florida. A corruption of the Indian word, tsalopopko- 
hatchee, "catfish eating creek." 
Charloe; village in Paulding County, Ohio, named for an Ottawa Indian chief. 
Charlotte; county in Virginia, and village in Monroe County, New York, named for 
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales. 
Charlotte; city in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, named for the wife of 
George III of England. 
Charlottesville; city in Albemarle County, Virginia, named for Charlotte Augusta, 
Princess of Wales. 
Charlton; county, and village in same county, in Georgia, named for Robert M. 
Charlton, poet, and United States Senator in 1852. 
Charlton; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Sir Francis Charl- 
ton, gentleman of the privy chamber in 1755. 
Chartiers; two creeks, and townships in Allegheny and Washington counties, Penn- 
sylvania, named for Peter Chartiers, a noted half-breed spy and Indian hunter. 
Chase; county in Kansas, named for Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury 
under President Lincoln. 
Chase; county in Nebraska named for a former mayor of Omaha. 
Chaska; city in Carver County, Minnesota. A Sioux Indian name for a first-born 
son. 
