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and villages in Ontario County, New York and Gallia County, Ohio, named 
from the county in England. 
hester; city in Randolph County, Illinois, and town in Hampden County, Massa- 
chusetts, named from the city in England. 
hester; county in Pennsylvania, named by George Pearson, a friend of William 
Penn, in honor of the native place of Penn. 
hester; county, and town in same county, in South Carolina, named from Chester 
County, Pennsylvania. 
hester; county in Tennessee, named for Robert I. Chester, an old settlor. 
hesterfield; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and counties in South 
Carolina and Virginia, named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Ches- 
terfield. 
hesterfield; county in North Carolina, named from the town in Derbyshire, Eng- 
land. 
hesterville; village in Albany County, New York, named for Rev. John Chester, 
of Albany. 
hestnut; twenty-seven post-offices and many natural features bear this name, indi- 
cating the presence of the tree. 
hesuncook; lake and town in Piscataquis County, Maine. An Indian word which, 
according to Judge Potter, means "goose place." Thoreau gives, "place; where 
many streams empty." Haines says that it signifies " great goose place." 
betimaches; lake in Louisiana, which is also known as Grand Lake, the name of 
an Indian tribe; the word is from the Choctaw language and means, " they pos- 
sess cooking vessels." 
hetopa; city in Labette County, Kansas. An Indian word meaning "four houses," 
the town having been built on the site of four houses occupied by the wives of 
an Osage chief. 
hewaukan; marsh in Oregon. An Indian word meaning " water potato." 
heyenne; county and mountain in Colorado, county in Kansas, county and river 
in Nebraska, city in Laramie County, Wyoming, and a number of other places, 
named for the Indian tribe. The Cheyennes call themselves Dzitzistas. The 
popular name is a corruption of the name given them by the Sioux, and said to 
signify "aliens." 
hicacomico; creek on the eastern shore of Maryland. An Indian word meaning 
"place where turkeys are plenty." 
hicago; city and river in Illinois. The Ojibwa Indian form, she-kag-ong, signifies 
"wild onion place," from a root form implying a "bad smell." 
hichester; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, and village in Ulster 
County, New York, named from the city in England. 
hickahominy; river in Virginia, which according to De Vere is named from the 
Indian word, checahaminend, "land of much grain," so called because it flows 
through fertile lowlands. Heckewelder, with doubtful authority, says that it 
is corrupted from Tschikene-mahoni, "lick frequented by turkeys." 
hickies; creek and village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The name is 
derived from the Indian, chikisv;alungo, meaning "place of crabs." Hecke- 
welder says the meaning is "place of crawfish," and Sener states it is a corrup- 
tion of chickesalunga. 
hickisalunga; creek in Pennsylvania. An Indian word derived from chickiswa- 
lunga, "place of crawfish," or "place of crab fish." 
hickomuxen; creek in Maryland. An Indian word meaning "fishing place al a 
weir." 
hickwolnepy; creek in New Hampshire. An Indian word meaning "near great 
pond." 
