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Saston Center; village in Bristol Comity, Massachusetts, perhaps named in honor 
of Hon. John Easton, governor of Rhode Island. 
Sast Pepperell; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Sir William 
Pepperell, who commanded an army in the expedition against Louisburg, Cape 
Breton. 
Sastport; city in Washington County, Maine, originally called Moose Island, but 
later incorporated under its present name in honor of being the most eastern 
city in the United States. 
Sast River; a body of water at New York, properly a strait connecting Long Island 
Sound with New York Bay; called a river no doubt from the river-like action of 
its tides; the name is used to distinguish it from North River, that is, the Hudson. 
Sastwood; village in Onondaga County, New York, a suburb of Syracuse, and named 
from its easterly direction from that place. 
Saton; town in Weld County, Colorado, named for Benjamin H. Eaton and Aaron 
J. Eaton, of the Eaton Milling and Elevator Company. 
Saton; county in Michigan, named for John H. Eaton, Secretary of War under 
President Jackson. 
Saton; town in Madison County, New York, and village in Preble County, Ohio, 
named for Gen. William Eaton, of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary officer and 
commander of the United States military forces in Tripoli. 
Saton Rapids; town in Eaton County, Michigan, so named on account of the rapids 
in Grand River. 
Satonton; city in Putnam County, Georgia, named for Gen. William Eaton. 
Satontown; township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, named for an old settler. 
Sau Claire; river in Michigan. The name is French and signifies "clear water." 
Sau Claire; county, and city in same county, in Wisconsin, named from the river in 
Michigan. 
Sau Galle; river and town in Dunn County, Wisconsin. From the French, mean- 
ing "bitter water." 
Sau Pleine; river and town in Portage County, Wisconsin. French words meaning 
"full water," or "stock river." 
Cbeeme; mountain and gorge in Piscataquis County, Maine. An Indian word, 
meaning " where they get high-bush cranberries." 
Sbenecook; village in Lincoln County, Maine. A corruption of the Indian, 
abanauk, meaning "bread place," or according to another authority, "high- 
bush cranberry place." 
Sbenezer; town in Holmes County, Mississippi, named by the early settlers from 
the old Jewish city. 
Sbensburg-; borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, laid out by the Rev. Rees 
Lloyd, and named by him for his eldest son, Eben. 
Schaconnee; creek in Georgia. An Indian word meaning "beaver stream." 
Schaconnee; town in Bibb County, Georgia, named from the creek on which it is 
located. 
Scho; canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah; a descriptive name. 
Scho; peak in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, so named because of its remarkable 
echo. 
Scho Canyon; town in Summit County, Utah, named from the canyon. 
Scho Mountain; summer resort in Los Angeles County, California, named from 
the reverberating echo. 
Schols; county in Georgia, named for Robert M. Echols. 
Sckley; town in Yuma County, Colorado, said to be so named for Amos Eckles, 
cattle foreman for J. W. Bowles. 
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