annett] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 189 
jockport; township and village in Will County, Illinois, named for its location at 
the principal locks of the Illinois and Michigan canal. 
iOckport; village in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, so named because it was once a 
favorite tying-up place for the river boats. 
jockport; city in Niagara County, New York, so named for the double tier of locks 
at this point. 
iOda; township and village in Iroquois County, Illinois, named from < >ssian's poem, 
Cath-Loda. 
jodi; borough and township in Bergen County, New Jersey, town in Columbia 
County, Wisconsin, and several other places, named from the city in Italy. 
jOg-an; mountain in Arizona and counties in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North 
Dakota, and Oklahoma, named for Gen. John A. Logan. 
iOg-an; county in Arkansas, named for James Logan, a pioneer settler. 
iOg-an; county in Illinois, named forjudge Samuel T. Logan, for several years a law 
partner of Abraham Lincoln. 
iOgan; counties in Kentucky and Ohio, named for Gen. Benjamin Logan, a pioneer. 
iOgan; creek in Nebraska, village in Hocking County, Ohio, and city in Cache 
County, Utah, named for Logan Fontanelle, a friendly Indian chief. 
iOgan; county in West Virginia, named for Logan, an Indian chief of the Mingo 
tribe. 
jOgansport; city in Cass Cqunty, Indiana, named for Captain Logan, a Shawnee 
Indian chief, nephew of Tecumseh. 
ideta; town in Humboldt County, California. The Mexican colloquial term for 
"Mary of the Sorrows." Another authority states it is of Indian origin, mean- 
ing "pleasant place." 
jolo; town in Missoula County, Montana, meaning, in the Nez Perce language, 
"muddy water." 
joma Linda; town in San Bernardino County, California. A Spanish phrase mean- 
ing "boundary hill," marking a corner in the old Spanish land grant. 
jonaconing; village in Allegany County, Maryland. A Delaware Indian word 
meaning "where many waters meet." 
iOma Prieta; village in Santa Cruz County, California. A Spanish phrase mean- 
ing "dark-colored hillock." 
joma Vista; town in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning 
"view from a hill in the midst of a plain." 
jombardville; village in Stark County, Illinois, named for the Lombard family, 
its founders, and part owners of the site. 
^omitas; town in Napa County, California. A descriptive Spanish name meaning 
"little hills." 
jondon; village in Madison County, Ohio, and ten other places, being directly or 
indirectly named from the city in England. 
jOndonderry; towns in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and Windham 
County, Vermont, so named in compliment to Rev. Matthew Clark, who dis- 
tinguished himself in the defense of Londonderry, Ireland, 
jone Rock; village in Richland County, Wisconsin, so named on account of the 
remarkable mound of sandstone situated near the town. 
jone Tree; town in Johnson County, Iowa, named for a single tree which stands in 
the prairie. 
jOng- Branch; celebrated watering place in New Jersey, taking its name from a 
branch of South Shrewsbury River. 
jong- Island; island on the Atlantic coast, part of the State of New York. An 
Anglicization of the Dutch name, Lange Eylandt. 
jongmeadow; town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, so named on account of 
the presence of a long meadow within the township. 
