gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 97 
Cuerno Verde; mountain in Colorado, named for its shape and color. Spanish 
words meaning "green horn." 
Cuero; town in Dewitt County, Texas. A Spanish word meaning "hide," "skin," 
or " leather." 
Cuesta; village in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"mount," 
Cuivre; river and village in Lincoln County, Missouri. A French word meaning 
"copper." 
Cullman; county, and city in same county, in Alabama, named for General John G. 
Cullman, of that State. 
Culloden; village in Monroe County, Georgia, named for William Culloden, one of 
' the tirst settlers in the county. 
Cullom; village in Livingston County, Illinois, named for Shelby M. Cullom, United 
States Senator from that State. 
Culpeper; county, and town in same county, in Virginia, named for Lord Thomas 
Culpeper, governor in 1679-80. 
Cumberland; islands off the coast of Georgia, county and river in Kentucky, city 
in Allegany County and mountains in Maryland, counties in New Jersey and 
North Carolina, and town in Providence County, Rhode Island, named for the 
Duke of Cumberland, the victor of Culloden. 
Cumberland; county in Illinois, named from the Cumberland road, which was pro- 
jected to pass through it. 
Cumberland; counties in Maine, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, named from the 
county in England. 
Cumberland; city in Allegany County, Maryland, named from and built on the 
site of old Fort Cumberland, erected during the French and Indian wars. The 
fort was named for the Duke of Cumberland. 
Cumberland; county in Tennessee, named from the mountains. 
Cumberland; city in Barron Comity, Wisconsin, named from the city in Maryland. 
Cuming-; county, and town in same county, in Nebraska, named for T. B. Cuming, 
governor of the Territory in 1854-55. 
Cumming; town in -Forsyth County, Georgia, named for Col. William Cumming, 
of Augusta, Georgia. 
Cummington; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, named for Col. John 
Cummings, the former owner. 
Dumminsville ; village in Wheeler County, Nebraska, named for J. F. Cummings, 
county clerk, 
umminsville; village in Hamilton County, Ohio, named for David Cummins, an 
early settler. 
3undy; harbor and ledge in Maine, named for a family who settled there at an early 
date. 
Cunningham; town in Chariton County, Missouri, named for Dr. .John V. Cunning- 
ham, of Brunswick, Missouri. 
3upsuptic; lake in Maine. An Indian word meaning "drawing a seine while 
fishing." 
3urrie; village in Murray County, Minnesota, named from the parish in Scotland. 
3urry; county in Oregon, named for George L. Curry, governor of the Territory in 
1855-1859. 
3urrytown; village in Montgomery County, New York, named for William Curry, 
patentee. 
Surryville; town in Pike County, Missouri, named for Perry Curry, who laid out 
the town. 
3urtin; village in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, named for the Curtin family, of 
which Governor A. G. Curtin was a member. 
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