120 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 266. 
Enno; town in Wake County, North Carolina, named for an Indian tribe. 
Enon; village in Clark County, Ohio, named from the river in Palestine where John 
baptized the people. 
Enoree; river in South Carolina, named for an Indian tribe. 
Enosburg"; town in Franklin County, Vermont, named for Roger Enos, to whom 
the land was originally granted. 
Enterprise; towns in Clarke County, Mississippi, and Wallowa County, Oregon, 
and many other towns and villages, so named to denote the policy of their 
inhabitants. 
{Ephrata; town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; 
Ephratah; town in Fulton County, New York. Named from the ancient city of 
Palestine. 
Eppes; creek, and island in the James River, in Charles City County, Virginia, named 
for an early owner of the property. 
Epping*; town in Rockingham County, New r Hampshire, named from the town in 
Essex, England. 
Epsom; village in Daviess County, Indiana, so named because of a well near by 
which contains water much resembling epsom salts in taste. 
Epsom; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, named from the town in Sur- 
rey, England. 
Epworth; town in Dubuque County, Iowa, named from the town in Lincolnshire, 
England. 
Equimmk; villages in Delaware County, New York, and Wayne County, Pennsyl- 
vania. An Indian word, meaning " place where clothing is distributed." 
Erath; county in Texas, named for an earler settler and Indian fighter, George B. 
Erath. 
Erie; one of the Great Lakes, drained by the St. Lawrence. From erie, erike, or 
eriga, meaning "wildcat," the name of an ancient tribe on its borders conquered 
by the Iroquois. 
Erie; township and village in Whiteside County, Illinois, named from the county 
in New York. 
Erie; city in Neosho County, Kansas, named from a small lake near by of that 
name. 
{Erie; counties in New York and Ohio, and county, and city in same county, in 
Pennsylvania; 
Erieville; village in Madison County, New York. Named from the lake. 
Erin; the name of numerous towns and villages in the United States, named from 
the ancient name of Ireland. 
Errol; town in Coos County, New Hampshire, named from the parish in Scotland. 
Erskine; village in Passaic County, New Jersey, named from the parish in Scotland. 
Erving"; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named for the man who owned 
"Ervings Grant," in early days. 
Erwin; town in Steuben County, New York, named for Col. Arthur Erwin, of Penn- 
sylvania. 
Escambia; river in Alabama and Florida. Probably derived from the Spanish, 
cambiar, meaning "barter" or "exchange." 
Escambia; counties in Alabama and Florida, named from the river traversing both 
States. 
Escanaba; river, and city in Delta County, in Michigan. According to Haines it is 
an Indan word meaning "flat rock," but according to other authorities it means 
a "young male quadruped." 
Eschscholtz; inlet of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, named for J. F. Eschscholtz, the 
naturalist. 
