gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 235 
Ouachita; county and river in Arkansas and parish in Louisiana, named for a now- 
extinct Indian tribe. 
Ouray;, county, city in same county, and mountain in Colorado, named for a friendly 
chief of the Ute Indians. The Ute Indian corruption of "Willie." 
Outagamie; county in Wisconsin, named for the Outagamies, or "Fox" Indians. 
By another authority said to mean "those who live on the opposite side." 
Overton; county in Tennessee, named for Judge John Overton. 
Ovid; township and village in Clinton County, Michigan, named from the town in 
New York. 
Ovid; town in Seneca County, New York, named for the Roman poet. 
Owasco; lake, town, and creek in Cayuga County, New York. An Indian word 
meaning "bridge," or "lake of the floating bridge." 
Owassa; town in Hardin County, Iowa, derived from owasse, the Indian word for 
' ' bear. ' ' 
Owatonna; river, and city in Steele County, in Minnesota, An Indian word mean- 
ing ' ' straight river. ' ' 
(Owen; counties in Indian and Kentucky; 
Owensboro; city in Daviess County, Kentucky. Named for Col. Abraham Owen, 
of Kentucky, killed at Tippecanoe. 
Owensburg; village in Greene County, Indiana, named for its founder. 
Owenyo; station in Inyo County, California. A compound of Owen and Inyo, from 
its situation near Owens Lake. 
Owingsville; city in Bath County, Kentucky, named for Col. T. D. Owings. 
Owobopta; tributary of the Minnesota river. An Indian word meaning "where 
they dig roots." 
Owosso; city in Shiawassee County, Michigan, named for the principal chief of the 
Chippewas in that country, the word meaning "he is afar off." 
Owsley; county in Kentucky, named for Judge William Owsley, a former governor. 
Oxbow; village in Jefferson County, New York, on the Oswegatchie River, so named 
because of a bend in the river at this point in the form of an ox bow. 
Oxford; town in Calhoun County, Alabama, named from the city in England. 
Oxford; county, and town in same county, in Maine; town in Worcester County, 
Massachusetts; town in Chenango County, New York; township and village in 
Butler County, Ohio; and borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania; named 
from the university in England. 
Oxford; city in Lafayette County, Mississippi, so named from the university city in 
England because it is the location of the State University. 
Oxford Church; substation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named from the cathe- 
dral of Oxford, England. 
Oyster Bay; town in Nassau County, New York, so named because of the abundance 
of oysters found in the bay. 
Ozan; town and stream in Hempstead County, Arkansas. A corruption of the 
French, prairie d'dne, "prairie of the donkey." 
Ozark; group of hills principally in Arkansas and Mississippi; village in Dale County, 
Alabama, county and city in Christian County, Missouri, and several other places. 
The aux arcs were said to refer to the bends in the White River, and applied to 
the Ozark Mountains, through which the river pursues a wandering course; in 
other words, the mountains at the bends of the river. 
Ozaukee; county in Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning "yellow clay." The 
proper name of the Sauk Indians. 
Pacheco; town in Contra Costa County, California, named for an early Spanish 
settler. 
Pachuta; town in Clarke County, Mississippi. A Choctaw Indian word meaning 
"possum creek." 
