82 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258] 
Circleville; village in Pickaway County, Ohio, so named from the circular Indian 
mounds in the neighborhood. 
Cisco; town in Eastland County, Texas, named for John J. Cisco, a prominent 
resident. 
Cisco; many places in the United States bear this name. An Indian word meaning 
a kind of trout of an oily nature. 
Cissna Park; village in Iroquois County, Illinois, named for William Cissna, one of 
its founders. 
Citra; town in Marion County, Florida; 
Citrona; village in Yolo County, California; 
Citrus; town in Inyo County, California, and county in Florida. From citrus, a 
small genus of trees of the orange family; so named because of the abundance 
of orange groves in these regions. 
Clackamas; county, village in same county, and river in Oregon, named from an 
Indian tribe. 
Claiborne; parish in Louisiana and counties in Mississippi and Tennessee, named. 
for William C. C. Claiborne, governor of Mississippi Territory and of Louisiana 
as a Territory and a State. 
Clallam; county in Washington, named from an Indian tribe. 
Clancey ; creek, and town in Jefferson County, in Montana, named for Judge Clancey, 
a prospector and mining promoter of an early day. 
Clanton; town in Chilton County, Alabama, named for General ClantOn, a Confed- 
erate general. 
Clapper; town in Monroe County, Missouri, named for Henry Clapper, who was 
instrumental in bringing a railroad into the place. 
Clare; county, and city in same county, in Michigan. The origin of the name is in 
doubt, but the Michigan Historical Society says that it is probably named from 
County Clare in Ireland. 
Claremont; town in Los Angeles County, California, named from the town in New 
Hampshire. 
Claremont; town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, named from the country 
seat of Lord Clive, an English general. 
Clarence; city in Shelby County, Missouri, named for a son of John Duff, an early 
settler. 
Clarendon; county, and town in same county, in South Carolina, named for Edward, 
Earl of Clarendon. 
Clarinda; city in Page County, Iowa, named for Clarinda Buck, a niece of the! 
founder. 
Clarion; river in Pennsylvania. A French term, meaning " clear." The name mayj 
have been suggested by the noise made by the river, sounding like the distanl 
note of the clarion. Said by some to have been called gowunsch, "briar stream. '1 
Clarion; county, and borough in same county in Pennsylvania, named from the* 
river. 
Clark; county in Arkansas, named for Governor William Clark. 
Clark; peak in California, named for Fred Clark, a topographer. 
Clark; counties in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, named for Gen. George* 
Rogers Clark, who captured Vincennes. 
Clark; county in Kansas, named for Capt. Charles F. Clarke, United States Volun- 
teers, who died at Memphis December 10, 1862. 
Clark; county in Missouri, named for Capt. William Clark, of the Lewis and Clarke 
expedition. 
Clark; creek in Nebraska, named for Dr. M. H. Clark, first member of the Terri- 
torial council from Dodge County. 
Clark; county in South Dakota, named for Newton Clark, legislator in 1873. 
