88 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Collinsville; city in Madison County, Illinois, settled by four brothers named Col- ! 
lins, from Litchfield, Connecticut. 
Collinsville; town in Dundy County, Nebraska, named for Moses Collins, an early 
settler. 
Collinsville; village in Lewis County, New York, named for Homer Collins. 
Collis; village in Fresno County, California, named for Collis P. Huntington, presi- 
dent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. 
Coloma; town in Eldorado County, California, named from an Indian tribe. 
Colony; city in Anderson County, Kansas, named for a colony from Ohio and 
Indiana, which settled in the neighborhood. 
Colorado; State of the Union, river in Texas, and river in Utah and Arizona; 
Colorado City; town in El Paso County, Colorado; 
Colorado Springs; city in El Paso County, Colorado. A Spanish word meaning 
"ruddy" or "blood red;" in a secondary sense, "colored." 
Colorado; county in Texas, named from the river. 
Colquitt; county, and town in Miller County, in Georgia, named for Walter T. Col- 
quitt, United States Senator. 
Colter; peak in Yellowstone Park, named for John Colter, a guide with the Lewis 
and Clark expedition. 
Colton; town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Jesse Colton Higley, 
an early settler. 
Colton; township and city in San Bernardino County, California, named for Col. 
David Colton, an early and prominent citizen. 
Coltsneck; town in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The- name is> probably derived 
from an innkeeper's sign upon which was printed the old seal of New Jersey — a 
horse's head with a wreath around the neck. 
Columbia; counties in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, New York, Oregon, Pennsyl- 
vania, Washington, and Wisconsin, and river in Oregon and Washington. The 
river was named by Captain Gray for the vessel in which he entered its mouth. 
fColumbiana; county, and village in same county, in Ohio; 
\ Columbus; county in North Carolina, and 26 places in the country. Named for 
I Christopher Columbus. 
Columbus Grove; village in Putnam County, Ohio, so named by the first settlers 
from the city of Columbus. 
Colusa; county, and town in same county, in California, named from the Korusi 
tribe of Indians. 
Colville; town in Stevens County, Washington, named from the old Hudson Bay 
Company's fort near the Columbia River. 
Colwich; city in Sedgwick County, Kansas. The name is a compound of Colorado 
and Wichita, with reference to the Colorado and Wichita Railroad. 
Comal; county in Texas which, takes its name from the river. A Spanish w T ord 
meaning "flat earthen pan." 
Comanche; counties in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, named from the Indian tribe. 
Cometa; village in San Joaquin County, California. The Spanish form of "comet." 
Commack; village in Suffolk County, New York. From an Indian word, winner- 
comae, "beautiful place." 
Commencement; bay in Washington, named by Vancouver, because he thought it 
the beginning of the arm of an inlet. 
Commerce; village in Scott County, Missouri, so named because it was a trading 
post as early as 1803. 
Communipaw ; village in Bergen County, New Jersey, named for the original grantee, 
Michael Pauw, director of the Dutch West India Company. The word is of 
Indian origin. 
