94 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Covington; county in Alabama, cities in Newton County, Georgia, and Kenton 
County, Kentucky, county in Mississippi, and town in Wyoming County, New 
York, named for Gen. Leonard Covington, distinguished at Fort Recovery, 1794. 
Cow; island in the Missouri River in Kansas, from the old name given by the 
French, isle de vache, "isle of the cow," from the buffalo found there. 
Cowanesque; creek in Potter County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning 
"overgrown with briars." 
Cowanshannock; creek in Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word, gawiensch- 
hanne, ' ' green briar stream. ' ' 
Cowautacuck; creek in Connecticut. An Indian word meaning " pine woodland." 
Cowen; mount in Montana, named for the assistant secretary of the interior. 
Cowen; town in Webster County, West Virginia, named for the president of the 
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Coweta; county in Georgia, named from a former important Creek town about the 
present site of Columbus, Ga. 
Cowhocton; river in New York. An Indian word meaning "log in the water." 
Cowles; town in Webster County, Nebraska, named for W. D. Cowles, a railroad man. 
Cowley; county in Kansas, named for Matthew Cowley, first lieutenant Company 
I, Ninth Kansas Volunteer Regiment. 
Cowlitz; county and river in Washington, named from the Indian tribe of the same 
name. 
Cowpens; village in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, made famous by a battle 
fought there during the Revolution. It received its name from an early cattle 
corral. 
Cox; bar in California, named for an old settler. 
Cox; creek in Florida, named for a man who lived on its banks. 
Coxsackie; town in Greene County, New York. The name is derived from the 
Indian kuk, "to cut," and auke, "earth," descriptive of the ridge cut by the 
waters of the Hudson. Another theory derives the name from an Indian word 
meaning "hooting of owls." 
Coyote; village in Santa Clara County, California, and town in Rio Arriba County, 
New Mexico. From the Mexican coyotl, "prairie wolf." 
Cozad; town in Dawson County, Nebraska, named for the original owner of the site, 
John J. Cozad. 
Crab Grass; creek in Florida, so called from a species of grass plentiful along its 
banks. 
Crabtree; town in Linn County, Oregon, named for John J. Crabtree, an early 
settler. 
Craftonville ; town in San Bernardino County, California, named for its founder, 
George Craft. 
Craftsbury; town in Orleans County, Vermont, named for Ebenezer Crafts, one of j 
the original grantees. 
Craig; village in Routt County, Colorado, named for Rev. Bayard Craig, of Denver. 
Craig; county and creek in Virginia, named for a prominent family of Augusta 
County. 
Craig; pass in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, named for Mrs. Ida Craig Wilcox, the 
first tourist to cross the pass. 
Craighead; county in Arkansas, named for Thomas B. Craighead, of the State senate. 
Cranberry; islands in Hancock County, Maine, named from a marsh of cranber- 
ries on the largest island. 
Cranberry Isles; town in Hancock County, Maine, named from the islands. 
Crane; county in Texas, named for William Carey Crane, a Baptist minister. 
Cranesville; village in Erie County, Pennsylvania, named for its founder, Fowler 
Crane. 
