232 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Ontario; one of the Great Lakes, county, and town in Wayne County, New York, 
village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, and ten other towns and villages. An 
Indian word, said to mean "beautiful lake," or "beautiful prospect of rocks, 
hills, and water." Another authority gives " village on the mountain." 
Onteora; village in the Catskills in Ulster County, New York. An Indian word 
meaning "hills of the sky." 
Ontonagon; county, and river in Michigan. An Ojibwa Indian word meaning 
" fishing place," or, according to another authority, so named because an Indian 
maiden lost a dish in the stream and exclaimed " nindonogan," which in her 
dialect meant " away goes my dish." 
Oostanaula; river in Georgia, from a Cherokee Indian name signifying a rock ledge 
across a stream. 
Opelika; city in Lee County, Alabama. An Indian word meaning "great swamp." 
Opelousas; town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, named from a tribe of Indians, 
the name signifying "black head," or "black moccasins." 
Opequan; stream in Virginia. Derived from an Indian word meaning "froth- 
white stream," or perhaps from another, meaning " rain-worn stream." 
Oquawka; village in Henderson County, Illinois, so named from the yellowish 
appearance of the river banks. From an Indian word meaning " yellow." 
Orange; counties in California and Florida, so named on account of the large orange 
groves. 
Orange; town in New Haven County, Connecticut, city in Essex County, New Jersey, 
counties in New York and North Carolina, and counties, and towns in same 
counties in Vermont and Virginia, named for William IV, Prince of Orange. 
Orange; county in Indiana, named from the county in North Carolina, the home of 
its settlers. 
Orange; county, and city in same county, in Texas, so named because of the luxuri- 
ant wild orange trees growing in the swamp of the Sabine River. 
(Orangeburg; county, and town in same county in South Carolina; 
Orange City; town in Sioux County, Iowa, the center of a large settlement of Hol- 
landers. Named for William IV, Prince of Orange. 
Orbisonia; borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, named for William 
Orbison, an early settler. 
Orchard; village in Morgan County, Colorado; so named from Fremont's encamp- 
ment in an orchard of cottonwoods while reconnoitering. 
Orchard; village in Antelope County, Nebraska, so named because of the presence 
of a large orchard of apple trees. 
Ord; city in Valley County, Nebraska, named for Gen. E. O. C. Ord. 
Ordway; town in Otero County, Colorado, named for George N. Ordway, of the 
Denver board of supervisors. 
Oreana; village in Humboldt County, Nevada. A latin word meaning "town of gold." 
Oregon; State of the Union, and county in Missouri. The name said to have been 
derived from origanum, a species of wild sage found along the coast in the State; 
but another authority states that it is derived from the Spanish Oregones, which 
name was given the Indian tribes inhabiting that region by a Jesuit priest, the 
word meaning "big-eared men." 
Oregon; township and city in Ogle County, Illinois, named from the State. 
Orejas Del Oso; mountain in Utah. A Spanish phrase meaning "bear's ears." 
Organ; mountains in New Mexico, so called because of their resemblance to the 
pipes of an organ. 
Orion; village in Oakland County, Michigan, named from the constellation. 
{Oriskany; creek, and village in Oneida County, in New York; 
Oriskany Falls; village in Oneida County, New York. An Indian word meaning 
"place of nettles." 
