98 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. I 
Curtisville; village in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for I 
Elnathan Curtis, a settler of 1712. 
Curwensville ; borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, named for John Cur- 
wen, of Montgomery County. 
Cushing; town in Knox County, Maine, named for Thomas Gushing, lieutenant- 
governor of Massachusetts. 
Cusseta; town in Chambers County, Alabama, and village in Chattahoochee County, 1 
Georgia, named from a former Creek Indian town. Meaning unknown. 
Custer; county in Colorado; county, and town in same county, in Idaho; county and j 
creek in Montana; county, and township in same county, in Nebraska; county, j 
and village in Beaver County, in Oklahoma; county, and township and city in 
same county, in South Dakota; and several other places; named for Gen. George 
A. Custer, who was killed by Indians in 1876 on the banks of Rosebud River. 
Cuthbert; town in Randolph County, Georgia, named for Col. J. A. Cuthbert, 
member of Congress. 
Cutler; town in Washington County, Maine, named for an early proprietor, Joseph 
Cutler, of Newburyport, Massachusetts. 
Cuttawa; town in Lyon County, Kentucky, named from the old Indian name of the 
Kentucky River, Kuitawa. 
Cuttingsville; village in Rutland County, Vermont, named for one of the first 
settlers. 
Cuttyhunk; island in Buzzards Bay. A contraction of the Indian word poocutoM 
hunkunnok, " thing that lies out in the water." 
Cuyahoga; river and county in Ohio; 
Cuyahoga Falls; village in Summit County, Ohio, situated at falls on the Cuyahoga 
River. The name is said by some to be derived from cayahaga, " crooked," but 
Atwater derives it from cuyahogan-uk, "lake river." Another authority gives 
carrihoga, meaning "news carrier." 
Cuylerville; town in Livingston County, New York, named for W. T. Cuyler, an 
early settler. 
Cynthiana; city in Harrison County, Kentucky, named for the two daughters of 
the original proprietors, Cynthia and Anna Harris. 
Cypress; island in Washington; so named by Vancouver's party, from the abun- 
dance of that species of tree on the island. 
Cyr; plantation in Aroostook County, Maine, named for a family numerous in that 
section. 
Dade; county, and city in Pasco County, in Florida, and counties in Georgia and 
Missouri; 
Dadeville; town in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Named for Maj. Francis L. I )ade, 
of the Seminole war. 
Daggett; pond in Maine, named for an early settler. 
Daggett; town in San Bernardino County, California, named from the town iu 
Indiana. 
Daggett; village in Owen County, Indiana, named for Charles Daggett, a prominent 
resident. 
Dagsboro; town in Sussex County, Delaware, named for Sir John Dagworthy. 
Dahlonega; towns in Lumpkin County, Georgia, and Wapello County, Iowa. 
From a Cherokee Indian w r ord signifying "yellow," referring to the gold for- 
merly mined in upper Georgia. 
Dakota; States of the Union — North Dakota and South Dakota, and counties in 
Minnesota and Nebraska, and several small places, named for the Indian tribe. 
The Indian form is Lakota, Nakota or Dakota, according to the dialect, signify- 
ing "allies," the common name of the confederated Sioux tribes. 
Dale; county in Alabama, named for Gen. Samuel Dale of that State. 
