^nett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 89 
omo; town in Park County, Colorado, so named by the early miners because of a 
lake in the neighborhood, referring to Lake Como, Italy. 
omo; town in Panola County, Mississippi, named from a high lain 1 pond upon the 
place of Dr. G .G. Tate, who settled it. 
ompton; village in Lee County, Illinois, named for Joel Compton, its founder. 
omstock; famous silver and lead bearing lode in Nevada, named for Henry Page 
Comstock. 
onant; creek in Yellowstone Park, named for Al Conant, who nearly lost his life 
in it. 
oncho; county and river in Texas. A Spanish word meaning a "shell." 
oncord; towns in Contra Costa County. California, and Essex County, Vermont, 
named from the town in Massachusetts. 
oncord; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, so called either from the Chris- 
tian concord among the first company, or "from the peaceful manner of its 
acquisition," it having been purchased from the Indians. 
oncord; city in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, named from the battle of Concord. 
oncordia; city in Cloud County, Kansas, named so because there was a contro- 
versy for years over a permanent seat of county government, which was finally 
settled with unanimity. 
one; peak in Siskiyou County, California, so named because of its regular conical 
shape. 
onecuh; county and river in Alabama, from the Creek Indian word conata, mean- 
ing "crooked," probably given with reference to the winding course of tin- 
river. 
onedogwinit; stream in Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning "for a long 
way nothing but bends." 
onejo; town in Fresno County, California. 
onejoe; county, and town in same county, in Colorado, named from the Rio de los 
Conejos. A Spanish term meaning "rabbit," and applied to these localities on 
account of the great numbers of these animals. 
onemaug\h; river and town in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word 
meaning "otter creek." 
onequonessing-; creek in Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word meaning "for 
a long time straight." 
onestog-a; creek and village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, named from an 
Indian tribe. The word is interpreted to mean "great mai/e land," or "crooked 
stream." 
lonesus; lake and town in Livingston County, New York. The name is derived 
from the Indian word ganeasos, "place of many berries," or, according to Mor- 
gan j "place of nanny-berries." 
lonewago; creek and village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word 
meaning " long reach," or " long strip." 
lonewango; river in New York. The name is derived from the Indian word gan- 
owungo, "rapids," or, according to some other authorities, "they have been 
gone a long time." 
loney; island at the extremity of Long Island, New York, which is said by some to 
have been so named because of the numbers of rabbits there. Another theory 
ascribes it to the winds having driven the sand into truncated cones. It appears, 
however, to have been originally called Congu, which suggests another derivation. 
lonfluence; borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, so named because situated 
near the confluence of three streams. 
Jong-aree; river, and town in Richmond County, in South Carolina, named from a 
tribe of Indians. 
