gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 241 
Pemaquid; point of land and village in Lincoln County, Maine. An Indian word 
meaning "long point," or, according to another authority, "that runs into the 
water. ' ' 
Pembina; county, and city in same county, in North Dakota, from theOjibwa name 
for "cranberry." 
Pembroke; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, named from the town in 
England. 
Pembroke; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, probably named for the 
Earl of Pembroke. 
Pemigewasset; river in New Hampshire. The word is of Indian derivation, said 
to mean "crooked place of pines." 
Pemiscot; county in Missouri, named from its principal bayou. An Indian word 
meaning "liquid mud." 
Penacook; substation in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. An Indian 
tribal name meaning "crooked." 
Pender; county in North Carolina, named for Gen. William D. Pender, an officer 
of the Confederate Army. 
Pendleton; town in Madison County, Indiana, named for the former proprietor, 
Thomas M. Pendleton. 
Pendleton; counties in Kentucky and West Virginia, named for Edmund Pendle- 
ton, a prominent politician of Virginia. 
Pendleton; town in Niagara County, New York, named for Sylvester Pendleton 
Clarke, ex-governor of Grand Island. 
Pendleton; town in Northampton County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
resident. 
Pendleton; town in Umatilla County, Oregon, named for George H. Pendleton. 
Pendleton; town in Anderson County, South Carolina, named for Judge Henry 
Pendleton, a Revolutionary jurist. 
Pend Oreille; lake in Idaho, named from a tribe of Indians who were given this 
name by the French because of their habit of wearing pendants in their ears, 
the phrase meaning ' ' hanging ear. ' ' 
Penfield; town in Green County, Georgia, named for Josiah Penfield. 
Penfield; village in Champaign County, Illinois, named for a railroad builder. 
Penfield; town in Monroe County, New York, named for Daniel Penfield, an early 
settler. 
Penikese; one of the Elizabeth islands in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. An Indian 
word meaning "sloping land." 
Penn; township in Stark County, Illinois, named from Pennsylvania, whence many 
of the early settlers came. 
Penn; the name of many townships, and the prefix to the name of many towns and 
villages in the United States, generally given in honor of William Penn. 
Pennington; borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, named for the Pennington 
family, two members of which were governors of the State. 
Pennington; county in South Dakota, named for John L. Pennington, a former 
governor. 
Pennsylvania; State of the Union, named for William Penn, to whom the land 
comprised within the limits of the State was granted, and sylvania, from the 
Latin silva, " forest." 
Penn Yan; village in Yates County, New York. The name is a compound of the 
names of the two classes of settlers — Pennsylvania ns and Yankees. 
Pennypack; creek in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word mean- 
ing "body of water with no current." 
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