222 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Neponset; substation of Boston and river in eastern Massachusetts. An Indian 
word meaning "he walks in his sleep." 
Neptune City; borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, so named because of its 
location on the seaside. 
Nesbitt; town in De Soto County, Mississippi, named for early settlers. 
Nescopeck; creek and borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware 
Indian word meaning "dark, deep, and still water." 
Neshaminy; stream in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word 
meaning "stream formed' by the confluence of two branches." 
{Neshannock; stream, and village in Mercer County, Pennsylvania; 
Neshannock Falls; village in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware 
Indian word meaning "two adjoining streams" or "streams making one by 
flowing together." 
Neshoba; county in Mississippi. An Indian word meaning "gray wolf." 
Nesowadnehunk; stream and mountains in Maine. An Indian name meaning 
"stream among the mountains." 
Nesquehoning; stream and village in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware 
Indian word meaning "black lick." 
Ness; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, named for Corpl. Noah V. Ness, 
of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry. 
Nesselroad; village in Jackson County, West Virginia, named for the first postmaster. 
Nettle Carrier; creek and village in Overton County, Tennessee, named for a Chero- 
kee Indian of local note. 
Nettleton; towns in Lee County, Mississippi, and Caldwell County, Missouri, 
named for a former vice-president of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham 
Railroad. 
Nevada; State of the Union, counties in Arkansas and California, and mountains of 
the western coast. A Spanish word meaning "snow-clad," "snowy land," 
originally applied to the snow-capped mountains. 
Nevada; township and city in Story County, Iowa, so named by settlers from the 
State of Nevada. 
Neversink; river in New Jersey. A corruption of the Indian name, Navesink. 
New; village in Oconto County, Wisconsin, named for Hon. John C. New, of Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. 
New Albany; township and city in Floyd County, Indiana, named from Albany in 
New York. 
New Almaden; town in Santa Clara County, California, containing the most pro- 
ductive quicksilver mine in the United States. Named from the quicksilver 
mines of Almaden in Spain. A Spanish word meaning "mine" or "mineral." 
Newark; town in Newcastle County, Delaware, and cities in Essex County, New 
Jersey, and Licking County, Ohio, named from the town in England. 
Newark; village in Wayne County, New York, named by early settlers from the 
city in New Jersey. 
Newaygo; county, and village in same county, in Michigan, named for an Indian 
chief. The name is said to mean "much water." 
New Bedford; city in Bristol County, Massachusetts. The name of the owner of 
the town site was Russell, the family name of the Duke of Bedford. 
Newbern; city in Craven County, North Carolina, named from the town of Bern in 
Switzerland. 
Newberry; mountain in California, named for Captain Newberry. 
Newberry; village in Luce County, Michigan, named for John A. Newberry, stock- 
holder in the Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad. 
Newberry; township in Miami County, Ohio, probably named by a settler from 
Newburyport, Massachusetts. 
