gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 107 
Isle ofWight; county in Virginia, named from the island in the English Channel. 
Islesboro; township in Waldo County, Maine, so named because il consists of a Ion- 
narrow island in Penobscot Bay. 
Islington; village in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, named from the parish in 
England. 
Islip; town in Suffolk County, New York, named from the parish in England. 
Israels; stream in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for a noted trapper, Israel 
G lines. 
Issaquena; county in Mississippi. An Indian word meaning "deer river." 
Istachatta; town in Hernando County, Florida. A Seminole Indian word meaning 
"man snake." 
Italian; mountain peak in Colorado, so named because at a distance it displays the 
national colors of Italy — red, white, and green. 
Itasca; village in Dupage County, Illinois, named from the lake in Minnesota. 
Itasca; county and lake in Minnesota. An alleged Indian form, coined by School- 
craft, based upon the Ojibwa totosh, a " woman's breast." 
Itawamba; county in Mississippi, said to have been named for the daughter of a 
Chickasaw Indian chief. 
Ithaca; village in Gratiot County, Michigan, and city in Tompkins County, New 
York, and named for one of the Ionian Islands, supposed to be the one celebrated 
in the Homeric poems as the Kingdom of Ulysses. 
Ivanhoe; town in Lake County, Illinois, and several other places, named from Scott's 
novel. 
Izard; county in Arkansas, named for George Izard, former governor. 
Izuza; tributary of the Minnesota Eiver. A Sioux Indian word, meaning "white 
stone." 
Jacinto; towns in Glenn County, California, and Alcorn County, Mississippi. A 
Spanish word meaning "hyacinth." 
r Jack; county in Texas; 
Jacksboro; town in Jack County, Texas. Named for William Houston and Patrick 
I Jack, brothers, early settlers and prominent citizens in the days of the republic. 
Jackson; counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 
and Kentucky; parish in Louisiana; counties in Michigan, Mississippi, and Mis- 
souri; town in Carroll County, New Hampshire; county in North Carolina; 
county, and city in same county, in Ohio; counties in Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, 
West Virginia, and Wisconsin; and many other places, named for Gen. Andrew 
Jackson. 
Jackson; mountain in theSawatch Range in Colorado, named for the photographer, 
W. H. Jackson. 
Jackson; county in Georgia, named for Gen. James Jackson, United States Senator 
from that State. 
Jackson; town in Waldo County, Maine, named for Henry Jackson, a contemporary 
of Colonel Knox in the Revolution. 
Jackson; county, and city in same county, in Minnesota, named for Henry Jackson, 
the first merchant of Saint Paul. 
Jackson; river in western Virginia, named for the first settler on its banks. 
Jackson; lake in Wyoming, named for David Jackson, a noted mountaineer. 
Jacksonville; city in Morgan County, Illinois, named for a prominent colored 
preacher. 
Jacksonville; town in Randolph County, Missouri, and village in Onslow County, 
North Carolina, named for Gen. Andrew Jackson. 
Jacoby; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Jaffray; town in Cheshire County, and southern point of entrance to Portsmouth 
Harbor, New Hampshire, named for George Jaffray, one of the original proprie- 
tors, and later a chief justice of the State. 
