242 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Penobscot; county, town in Hancock County, bay, and river in Maine. Derived 
from the Indian word penobskeag, meaning " rocky place," or " river of rocks." 
Penryn; mining town in Placer County, California, named by miners from the 
borough in Cornwall. 
Pensacola; bay and city in Escambia County, Florida. Said to be derived from 
the Indian mv ord pan-sha-okla, meaning " hair people." 
Pentwater; river and lake in Michigan, so named because of the supposition that 
the river had no outlet. 
Pentwater; township and village in Oceana County, Michigan, named from the river. 
Peosta; village in Dubuque County, Iowa, An Indian word meaning "gorge in 
the rocks." 
Peotone; town in Will County, Illinois. Derived from the Indian word petone, 
meaning " bring," " bring here," or " bring to this place." 
Pepin; lake between Wisconsin and Minnesota, and county in Wisconsin, named 
for Pepin le Bref. 
Pepperell; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Sir William Pep- 
perell, a member of the Massachusetts council. 
Pepperville; township in Butler County, Nebraska, named for Hubbel Pepper, an 
early settler. 
Pequabuck; river in Connecticut. An Indian word meaning "clear pond," or 
" open pond." 
Pequanac; village in Morris County, New Jersey. An Indian word meaning 
"cleared land." 
Pequannock; village in Hartford County, Connecticut, An Indian word meaning 
" land naturally clear and open." 
Peoria; county, and city in same county, in Illinois, and nation in Indian Territory. 
A corrupted form of an Indian tribal name, signifying "carriers," or " packers " 
(Gatschet). 
Pequea; township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from Piqua, the name of a 
band of the Shawnee Indians who once inhabited the valley of the Pequea. The 
name signifies "ashes " and has a mythic reference. 
Pequots; town in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, named for a tribe of Indians, the 
word being commonly rendered "destroyers," or "enemies." 
Perdido; rivers in Alabama and Florida, and bay into which these empty, so named 
by the Spanish, the word meaning "lost," because a Spanish ship was destroyed 
in the bay. 
Pere Marquette; town in Mason County, Michigan, named for Father Marquette. 
Perham; town in Aroostook County, Maine, named for Hon. Sidney Perham, a 
governor of the State. 
Perham; town in Ottertail County, Minnesota, named for Josiah Perham, an official 
of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Perkins; plantation in Franklin County, Maine, named for Doctor Perkins, of Farm- 
ington. 
Perkins; county in Nebraska, named for C. E. Perkins, an official of the Burlington 
and Missouri River Railroad. 
Perkiomen; branch of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 
A Delaware Indian word meaning "where there are cranberries." 
Perinton; town in Monroe County, New York, named for Glover Perrin, the first 
permanent settler. 
Perry; counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, 
and Missouri; town in Wyoming County, New York; and counties in Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, and Tennessee; named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. 
Perry; city in Jefferson County, Kansas, named for John D. Perry, a railroad official. 
