158 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Hoboken; city in Hudson County, New Jersey. Derived from the Indian word 
hopocan, meaning "tobacco pipe," or "pipe country." 
Hockanum; river and village in Hartford County, Connecticut. An Indian word, j 
meaning "hook-shaped," or "hook;" so named because of the change in the 
course of the river at this point. 
Hockendaqua; stream in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian 
word, meaning "searching for land." 
Hockessin; village in Newcastle County, Delaware. An Indian word meaning 
"good bark;" applied to this locality on account of the good quality of white 
oak found there. 
Hocking"; river and county in Ohio. Derived from the Delaware Indian word 
hockkock, "gourd" or "bottle," and ing, meaning "place;" so called because at 
this point the river suddenly assumes the shape of a bottle. 
Hockley; county in Texas, named for G. W. Hockley, prominent in the Texan 
revolution. 
Hodgdon; town in Aroostook County, Maine, named for the proprietor, John 
Hodgdon. 
Hodgeman; county in Kansas, named for Amos Hodgeman, captain Company H, 
Seventh Kansas. 
Hodgensville; town in Larue County, Kentucky, named for Robert Hodgen. 
Hodges; ledge of rock in Massachusetts, named for Isaac Hodges. 
Hodges; town in Greenwood County, South Carolina, named for a resident family. 
Hoffman; mount in California, named for Charles F. Hoffman, State geological 
survey. 
Hoffman; village in Richmond County, North Carolina, named for a resident family. 
Hoffmans Ferry; village in Schenectady County, New York, named for John 
Hoffman, owner of a ferry. 
Hog Creek; village in Allen County, Ohio, named from a stream with the Indian] 
name, koskosepe, meaning "hog river." 
Hohenlinden; village in Chickasaw County, Missouri, named from the village in 
Bavaria. 
Hohokus; town in Bergen County, New Jersey, said to be derived from the Indian 1 
word ho-hokes, meaning "a shout," or "some kind of a tree bark." 
Hoisington; city in Barton County, Kansas, named for A. J. Hoisington, of Great 
Bend. 
Hokah; village in Houston County, Minnesota, named from the river. An Indian 
word meaning "horn." 
Hokaman; lakes in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "where herons set." j 
Holbrook; town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, named for Elisha Holbrook, a 
prominent citizen. 
Holden; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for the Hon. Samuel 
Holden, one of the directors of the Bank of England. 
Holden; city in Johnson County, Missouri, named for Major Nathaniel Holden, 
prominent in the history of the county. 
Holderness; town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, named from the district in 
Yorkshire, IDngland. 
Holdridge; town in Phelps County, Nebraska, named for G. W. Holdridge, super- 
intendent Burlington and Missouri River Railway. 
Holgate; stream in northern Illinois, named for James Holgate, the first judge of 
Stark County. 
Holland; village in Dubois County, Indiana, and city in Ottawa County, Michigan, 
named by early settlers from the country of Europe. 
Hollandale; town in Washington County, Mississippi, named for Dr. Holland, whose 
plantation the town site now occupies. 
