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Oliver; county in North Dakota, named for Hon. II. S. Oliver. 
Oliveras, town in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish name meaning 
"olive trees," and applied descriptively. 
Olmstead; township in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, named for Charles H. Olmstead. 
Olmsted; county in Minnesota, named for Hon. David Olmstead, mayor of St. Paul 
in 1854. 
Olney, township and city in Richland County, Illinois, named for Nathan Olney of 
Lawrenceville. 
Olney; substation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named from the town in England. 
Olney ville; substation in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, uamed 
for Christopher Olney, a prominent citizen. 
Olokikana; lake in Florida. An Indian word meaning "spotted lake," so named 
because dotted with green islands. 
Olyphant; borough in Lackawanna County, Penny lvania, named for George Tal- 
bot Olyphant. 
Olympia; city in Thurston County, Washington, named from the ancient mountain 
of Greece. 
Omaha; township and village in Gallatin County, Illinois, named from Omaha, 
Nebraska. 
Omaha; city in Douglas County, Nebraska. An Indian word meaning "upstream," 
also the name of a tribe designated as "upstream people." 
Omar; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for a character in one of 
Johnson's allegories. 
Onancock; town and bay in Accomac County, Virginia. An Indian name said to 
mean "foggy place." 
Onarga; township and village in Iroquois County, Illinois. Probably an Indian 
word meaning "place of rocky hills." 
Onawa; township and town in Monona County, Iowa. An Indian word meaning 
" wide awake." 
O'Neals; village in Madera County, California, named for Charles O'Neal, an early 
settler. 
Oneco; village in Windham County, Connecticut, named for the son of Uncas, the 
Mohegan sachem. 
Oneida; county in Idaho, city in Knox County, Illinois, county and lake in New 
York, and county in Wisconsin; 
Oneida Castle; village in Oneida County, New York. Named for one of the tribes 
of the Six Nations, the word meaning "granite people" or "people of the 
stone." 
O'Neil; city in Holt County, Nebraska, named for Gen. John O'Neil, an early 
settler. 
Onekama; village in Manistee County, Michigan. An Indian word meaning 
"portage." 
Oneonta; town in Otsego County, New York. An Indian word meaning "place of 
rest." 
Ong; village in Burlington County, New Jersey, named for an early settler. 
Onida; town in Sully County, South Dakota. An Indian word meaning "hunted," 
or "looked for." 
Onion; creek in North Dakota, so named on account of the quantities of wild onions 
growing on its banks. 
Onondaga; county, and town in same county, and lake in New York, named from 
the Indian tribe, the word meaning " people of the hills." 
Onslow; county in North Carolina, named for Arthur Onslow, speaker in the British 
' House of Commons. 
