gannett] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 221 
Navesink; village in Monmouth County, Now Jersey. An Indian word meaning 
"high land between waters." 
Navidad; village in Jackson County, Texas. A Spanish word meaning "Christmas 
Day." 
Nayattpoint; village in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Probably a corruption of 
the Indian, nay < tug, meaning "point" or "corner." 
Nazareth.; borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, settled by Moravians, 
and by them named from the town in Galilee of Palestine. 
Nebo; mountain in the Wasatch Range, Utah, and fourteen towns and villages, the 
name being transferred from the mount in Palestine. 
Nebraska; State of the Union, and river in Iowa and Missouri. A Sioux Indian 
word meaning "shallow water" or "broad water." 
Necedah; village in Juneau County, Wisconsin. A corruption of the Ojibwa Indian 
nissida, "let there be three of us." 
Needham; town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, named from the town in 
England. 
Needles; peaks of the Mojave Mountains in California, so named on account of 
their peculiarly sharp and slender outlines. Township in San Bernardino 
County, California. 
Neenah; town in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and city in Winnebago County, 
Wisconsin. The name is derived from an Indian word meaning "water." 
Negaunee; city in Marquette County, Michigan. An Indian word meaning 
"first," "ahead," "he goes before;" an effort to translate the English word 
"pioneer." 
Neillsville; city in Clark County, Wisconsin, named for a family of early settlers. 
Neligh; city in Antelope County, Nebraska, named for Hon. John D. Neligh. 
Nelson; counties in Kentucky and Virginia, named for Thomas Nelson, governor 
of Virginia in 1781. 
Nelson; village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, named for C. Nelson Wheeler, who 
owned the town site. 
Nelson; county in North Dakota, named for Hon. N. E. Nelson, a prominent pio- 
neer settler. 
Nelsonville; town in Putnam County, New York, named for Elisha Nelson, who 
built the first house in the settlement. 
Nema; town in Santa Clara County, California. A Spanish word meaning "letter 
seal." 
Nemaha; counties in Kansas and Nebraska. An Indian word meaning "muddy 
water." 
Nennescah; river in Kansas. An Indian word meaning "good river." 
Neodesha; city in Wilson County, Kansas, at the junction of the Fall and Verdigris 
rivers, and for this reason given the Indian name which means "meeting of the 
waters. ' ' 
Neog-a; village in Cumberland County, Illinois. An Indian word meaning "place; 
of the Deity." 
{Neosho; river and county in Kansas and city in Newton County, Missouri; 
Neosho Falls; city in Woodson County, Kansas. An Indian word meaning "cleat- 
cold water." 
Nepaug-; small stream in Connecticut. An Indian word meaning "waters" or 
"fresh pond." 
Nephi; city in Juab County, Utah, named for the youngest son of Lehi, a character 
of the Book of Mormon. 
Neponset; township and village in Bureau County, Illinois, named from Neponset, 
Massachusetts. 
