nnett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 85 
Linch; county in Georgia, and river in Virginia and Tennessee, named for Gen. 
Duncan L. Clinch. 
Lingmans Dome; peak in Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, named for 
United States Senator Thomas L. Clingman, who determined its altitude. 
Linton; town in Jones County, Georgia; county, and city in Dewitt County, in 
Illinois; counties in Indiana, Iowa, and Kentucky; towns in Worcester County, 
Massachusetts, and Henry County, Missouri; county in Michigan; towns in 
Passaic County, New Jersey, and Rock County, Wisconsin; named for Do Wilt 
Clinton, governor of New York and projector of the Erie Canal. 
Linton; county in Missouri; county, town in Dutchess County, and village in Oneida 
County, New York; and county in Ohio; named for George Clinton, governor of 
New York. 
Linton; town in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, named for the Clinton family of 
New York. 
Linton; county in Pennsylvania, supposed to have been named for Gen. Henry 
Clinton. 
Lintonville; village in New Haven County, Connecticut, named for the family of 
Clinton. 
Lockville; village in Madison County, New York, named for John Klock, the 
original grantee. 
Loquet; town in Carlton County, Minnesota, so named from the mills there. A 
French word, meaning "sound of the mill." 
loud; county in Kansas, named for William F. Cloud, colonel of the Second Regi- 
ment of Kansas. 
Loverdale; township and town in Sonoma County, California, so named because 
of the rich growth of clover in the valley in which the town is located. 
Lymer; village in Cass County, Indiana, named for George Clymer, its founder. 
lymer; town in Chautauqua County, New York, named for George Clymer, a 
signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
oahoma; county, and town in same county, in Mississippi. A Choctaw Indian 
word meaning "red panther." 
Doal City; city in Grundy County, Illinois; 
3oal Valley; township and village in Rock Island County, Illinois. Named from 
coal mines in the vicinity, 
oarseg-old; mining town in Madera County, California, so named because of the 
gold nuggets found in its placer mines, 
oast; range of mountains in Oregon, so named because lying parallel with the 
Pacific coast. 
oatsburg-; village in Adams County, Illinois, named for Robert Coats, one of the 
founders, 
oatesville; borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, named for Moses Coates, 
one of the early settlers. 
obalt; village in Middlesex County, Connecticut, so named from mines of coball 
in the neighborhood. 
obb; county in Georgia, named for Thomas W. Cobb, United States Senator from 
that State. 
obbosseecontee; river and lake in Maine. An Indian word, meaning "place 
where sturgeon are taken." 
obden; village in Union County, Illinois, named for Richard Cobden. 
obleskill; creek and town in Schoharie County, New York, named for Cobel, an 
early mill owner. 
obscook; arm of Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine. Hubbard derives it from the name 
of the Indian tribe Passamaquoddy, which lie says signifies "tails" or "rough 
