240 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Pawnee; counties in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, named for the tribe of 
Pawnee Indians. 
Pawpaw; villages in Lee County, Illinois, and Van Buren County, Michigan; and 
creek, and town in Morgan County, West Virginia; so named because of the 
presence of pawpaw trees. 
Pawtucket; river in New England and city in Providence County, Khode Island. 
An Indian word meaning "at the little falls." 
Paxton; city in Ford County, Illinois, named for Sir Joseph Paxton, of England, 
who was promineftt in promoting emigration to Illinois. 
Paxton; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Charles Paxton, of 
Boston. 
Paxton; town in Keith County, Nebraska, named for W. A. Paxton, of Omaha, 
Nebraska. 
Payette; river and a village in Canyon County, Idaho, named for a member of the 
Hudson Bay Company. 
Payne; village in Paulding County, Ohio, probably named for Henry B. Payne, 
United States Senator from that State. 
Payne; county in Oklahoma, named for Captain Payne, " Oklahoma Boone." 
Paynesville; town in Pike County, Missouri, named for a resident of St. Louis. 
Payson; township and village in Adams County, Illinois, named for Rev. Edward 
Payson, of Portland, Maine. 
Peabody; city in Marion County, Kansas, named for F. H. Peabody, of Boston. 
Peabody; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, named for George Peabody, the 
philanthropist. » 
Peace; creek in Florida, so named because it was the scene of a treaty of peace. 
Peale; highest peak of the Sierra la Sal in Utah, named for Dr. A. C. Peale, the 
geologist. 
i Pearl; river in Mississippi; 
)Pearlington; town in Hancock County, Mississippi; 
J Pearl River; county in Mississippi. So named on account of the pearl fisheries 
^ which where early established by the French upon the Pearl River. 
Pecan; village in Clay County, Georgia. An Indian word meaning "nut." 
Pecatonica; township and village in Winnebago County, and river in Illinois. A 
corrupted form of the Indian word pickatolica, the name of a species of fish. 
Peckamin; river in New Jersey. Derived from the Indian word pakihm, "cran- 
berries. ' ' 
Pecos; county and river in Texas. Named from the Pecos (Shepherd) Indians of 
New Mexico, who had been taught sheep husbandry by the Spanish. The name 
is derived from the Latin pecus, meaning a "flock." 
Pecunktuk; stream in Vermont. An Indian word meaning "crooked river." 
Pedernales; rivers in North Carolina and Texas. ASpanish word meaning "flints," 
"rocks," or "stones." 
Peekskill; village in AVestchester County, New York, named for Jan Peek, a Dutch 
mariner of the seventeeth century. 
Pegnmock; creek in New Jersey. An Indian word meaning "dark stream." 
Pelham; towns in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Hillsboro County, New 
Hampshire, named for Thomas Pelham Holies, Duke of Newcastle. 
Pelham; village in Westchester County, New York, named for the original pat- 
entee, John Pell. 
Pella; city in Marion County, Iowa, colonized by Dutch settlers, to whom the word 
meant " city of refuge." 
Pemadumcook; lake in Piscataquis County, Maine. An Indian word meaning 
"lake of the sloping mountain." 
