annett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 93 
lorvallis; city in Benton County, Oregon. The name is formed of two Spanish 
words, meaning "heart of valley," so named from its situation in Willamette 
Valley. 
lorvette; ledge in Maryland, so named because a French corvette went ashore on 
the ledge. 
lorwin; village in Warren County, Ohio, named for Thomas Corwin, governor of 
the State. 
lory; village in Clay County, Indiana, named for a residenl of Terre Haute. 
ioryell; county, and village in same county, in Texas, named for James Coryell, a 
large landowner. 
loshocton; county, and village in same county, in Ohio, named from the Delaware 
Indian town of Goshocking. The word means, according to some authorities, 
"habitation of owls." Heck ewelder gives "union of waters." Others say "fin- 
ished small harbor." 
Jossatot; river in Arkansas, supposed to be a corruption of the French word casse- 
tte, "tomahawk." 
Jossayuna; lake and village in Washington County, New York. An Indian word, 
said to signify "lake at our points." 
Jostilla; county in Colorado, named from the Costilla estate, which extends into 
Taos County, New Mexico. 
Josumne; town in Sacramento County, California, named from a tribe of Indians. 
The word means "salmon." 
Jota; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning "coat of 
mail." 
Jote Blanche; bay in Louisiana. French words meaning "white shore." 
Jottag-e City; town in Dukes County, Massachusetts. A summer resort, so named 
from the many cottages along the shore. 
Jottle; county in Texas, named for G. W. Cottle, who fell at the Alamo. 
Jottleville; town in St. Charles County, Missouri, named for Lorenzo Cottle, an 
early settler. 
Jotton Plant; town in Dunklin County, Missouri, distinguished by fields of grow- 
ing cotton. 
Jottonwood; county and river in Minnesota, a translation of the Dakota (Sioux) 
name, given on account of the abundance of the cotton wood tree. 
Jottonwood Falls; city in Chase County, Kansas, situated at a fall or rapid of Cot- 
tonwood Creek ; hence the name. 
Jottrell; key in Florida, named for Jeremiah Cottrell, first keeper of the light-house 
on the island. 
Joulter; village in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, named for Eli Coulter, an early 
settler. 
Joulter; creek in Yellowstone Park, named for John M. Coulter, botanist with the 
Hayden expedition. 
Joulterville; town in Randolph County, Illinois, named for its founder, James B. 
Coulter. 
Council Bluffs; city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, so called from a council held 
near there by Lewis and Clark with the Indians. 
Council Grove; city in Morris County, Kansas, so named from a treaty which was 
effected with the Osage Indians in a grove at that place. 
Joupeville; village in Island County, Washington, named for a navigator. Captain 
Coupe. 
Coventry; towns in Tolland County, Connecticut, Chenango County, New York, 
Kent County, Rhode Island, and Orleans County, Vermont, named from the 
town in England. 
