160 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES, [bull. 258. 
Honesdale; borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, named for Philip Dale, a 
patron of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. 
{Honeoye; lake in Ontario County, New York; 
Honeoye Falls; village in Monroe County, New York. From the Iroquois, haye- 
ayeh, meaning "a finger lying." 
Honey Grove ; city in Fannin County, Texas, so named by explorers, who, encamp- 
ing in the wood, found large quantities of honey in the trees. 
Honolulu; name transferred from the city in Hawaii to a village in Craven County, 
North Carolina, meaning "fair haven," from Itono, "harbor," and lulu, 
"smooth," "quiet." 
Hood; river and mountain in Oregon and a canal in Washington, named for Alex- 
ander Arthur Hood, afterwards Lord Brinport. 
Hood; county in Texas, named for Gen. John B. Hood, a frontiersman. 
Hookerton; town in Greene County, North Carolina, named for a prominent citizen. 
Hookstown; borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, named for Matthias Hook, 
an early resident. 
Hookton; village in Humboldt County, California, named for Major Hook. 
Hoopa; town and valley in Humboldt County, California, named for the Hoopa 
Indians, a tribe on the lower Trinity River. 
Hoopeston; city in Vermilion County, Illinois, named for its founder, Thomas 
Hoopes. 
Hoosac; river in Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont. Derived from the 
Mohican Indian, wudjoo, meaning "mountain," and able, "rock." 
Hoosick; town in Renssalaer County, New York, named from the river. 
Hoover; village in Cass County, Indiana, named for Riley Hoover, its founder. 
Hopatcong; lake in New Jersey. An Indian name meaning "stone over water," 
because of an artificial causeway of stone which connected an island of the lake 
with the shore. 
Hope; town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, named for the daughter of J. M. 
Loughborough. 
Hope; town in Bartholomew County, Indiana, so named by its Moravian settlers as 
a monument to the sentiment which caused them to emigrate there. 
Hopedale; township and village in Tazewell County, Illinois. The name is 
descriptive of the location and the sentiment that inspired the founders. 
Hopedale; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named by a community 
known as "The Dale" (now defunct) to which "hope" was prefixed as an 
expression of their sentiment as to the welfare of the settlement. 
Hopewell; borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, named according to the Puritan 
system of nomenclature, the place having been settled early in the eighteenth 
century by families from Long Island, formerly from Connecticut. 
Hopkins; county in Kentucky, named for Samuel Hopkins, a Revolutionary officer. 
Hopkins; county in Texas, named for a pioneer family. 
Hopkinsville ; city in Christian County, Kentucky, named for Gen. Samuel Hopkins, 
a Revolutionary officer. 
Hopkinton; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Edward Hopkins, 
early governor and patron of Harvard College. 
Hopkinton; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, named from the town in 
Massachusetts. 
Hopkinton; town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Roswell Hopkins, 
the first settler. 
Hopkinton; town in Washington County, Rhode Island,, said to have been named 
for Stephen Hopkins, governor. 
Hoppeny; creek in Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning "where the wild 
potato grows." 
