78 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258 
Chelmsford; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named from the Englisr 
town. 
Chelsea; city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, named from the English town. 
Chelsea; towns in Washtenaw County, Michigan, and Orange County, Vermont 
indirectly named from the town in England. 
Chemawa; village in Marion County, Oregon. An Indian word said to mear 
"our old home." 
* Chemehue vis ; valley in Arizona, named from a tribe of Indians. 
Chemung 1 ; river, county, and town in same county, in New York. An Indiar 
w r ord, meaning "big horn" or "big horn in the water." The river was sc 
named from the tradition of a huge fossil tusk, supposed to be of some prehistori< 
monster, having been found in the bank of the river. 
Chenango; river, county, and town in Broome County, in New York. An Indiar 
word meaning "bull thistles." 
Chene; bayou in Louisiana. A French word meaning "oak." 
Cheney; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an old settler. 
Cheney; city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, named for P. B. Cheney, stockholder o 
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. 
Cheney; town in Spokane County, Washington, named for Benjamin P. Cheney 
of Boston, one of the originators of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Chenoa; township and city in McLean County, Illinois. From the Indian wort 
"chenowa," meaning "white dove." 
Chepachet; river, and village in Providence County, in Rhode Island, and village ii 
Herkimer County, New York. An Indian word meaning "where the strean 
divides," or "place of separation." 
Chepultepec; town in Blount County, Alabama. An Aztec Indian word meaning 
"grasshopper mountain." 
Cheputnaticook; lake in Maine. An Indian word meaning "great hill lake." 
Cheraw; town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, named from the Sara o 
Cheraw Indian tribe. 
Cherokee; county, and town in Colbert County, in Alabama; township in Bentoi 
County, Arkansas; village in Butte County, California; county, and village h 
same county, in Georgia; county, and city in same county, in Iowa; nation ii 
Indian Territory; county, and city in Crawford County, in Kansas; villages ii 
Lawrence County, Kentucky, and Lowndes County, Mississippi; county, am 
village in Swain County, in North Carolina; post-office in Woods County, Okla 
homa; county, and post-office in Spartanburg County, in South Carolina; vil-lagi 
in Lauderdale County, Tennessee; county, and village in San Saba County, ii 
Texas; and village in Marathon County, Wisconsin; named for an Indian tribe 
The meaning is uncertain. 
Cherry; county in Nebraska, named for Lieutenant Cherry, United States Army. 
Cherry Creek; town and creek in Chautauqua County, New York, named by Joshu; 
Bentley, jr., a surveyor who found the center of the town to be on a small islam 
in a stream on which was a small cherry tree. 
Cherry vale; city in Montgomery County, Kansas, in the valley of Cherry Creek 
The name "Cherry" occurs frequently with and without suffixes, general! 
referring to the presence of the tree. 
Chesaning-; village in Saginaw County, Michigan. An Indian word meaning "bi; 
rock," the name having been given because of a large rock near the place. 
Chesapeake; bay in Maryland which gives name to several places in the country 
An Indian name variously explained, but which seems to be a contraction of th 
Delaware name Mtshishwapeak, "great salty bay." 
Cheshire; towns in New Haven County, Connecticut, and Berkshire County, Massa 
chusetts; township in Allegan County, Michigan; county in New Hampshire 
