annett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 87 
lohoes; city in Albany County, New York, named from Cohoes falls. An Indian 
word, meaning "shipwrecked canoe;" also said to signify "great bendings." 
lokato; village in Wright County, Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "at the 
middle." 
Joke; county, and village in Wood County, in Texas, named for Richard Coke, gov- 
ernor of and United States Senator from Texas. 
lokesbury; town in Greenwood County, South Carolina. A combination of the 
names of two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Thomas Coke and 
Francis Asbury. 
lolbert; county in Alabama, named for George and Levi Colbert. 
lolby; city in Thomas County, Kansas, named for J. R. Colby, one of the old 
settlers. 
lolby; city in Clark and Marathon counties, Wisconsin, named for Charles Colby, 
president of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. 
lolchester; borough in New London County, Connecticut, and other places in the 
country, named from the town in England. 
lolchester; township and city in McDonough County, Illinois, first called Chester, 
"Col" being prefixed to distinguish it from Chester in Randolph County. 
lolcliester; town in Delaware County, New York, named from Colchester, Con- 
necticut. 
lolden; town in Erie County, New York, named for Cadwalader 1). Colden, of the 
State senate. 
lold Spring"; town in Cape May County, New Jersey, and many small places in the 
country; named from springs near. 
loldwater; city in Comanche County, Kansas, named from the city in Michigan. 
loldwater; city in Branch County, Michigan, and town in Tate County, Missis- 
sippi, named from streams. The name is applied descriptively. 
lole; county in Missouri, named for Capt. Stephen Cole, an Indian fighter. 
lolebrook; town in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for Sir George Cole- 
brook, original grantee. 
loleman; county, and town in same county, in Texas, named for R. M. Coleman r 
captain of the first company of Texas rangers. 
lolerain; town in Bertie County, North Carolina, named from the town in Ireland. 
loleraine; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The origin of the name is in 
doubt, but Gabriel Hanger was created Baron Coleraine in 1761, the date of the 
naming of the town. 
loles; county in Illinois, named for Edw r ard Cole, governor of the State in 1823-1826. 
lolesville; town in Broome County, New York, named for Nathaniel Cole, one of 
the first settlers. 
lolfax; towns in McLean County, Illinois, Clinton County, Indiana, Grant Parish, 
Louisiana, and Bay County, Michigan; counties in Nebraska and New Mexico; 
and town in Whitman County, Washington; named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice- 
President under President Grant. 
lollar Back; ridge of limestone in the Catskill Mountains, New York. A corrup- 
tion of the Dutch name Kalkberg, meaning "lime hill." 
lolleg-eville; borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, seat of Ursinus Col- 
lege. 
lolleton; county in South Carolina, named for Sir John Colleton, one of the eighl 
original proprietors of Carolina. 
lollettsville; town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, named for a family resi- 
dent there. 
lollin; county in Texas, named for Collin McKinney, an early sett Km-. 
lolling-sworth; county in Texas, named for Judge .lames Collingsworth, secretary 
of state of the republic in 1836. 
