244 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Pewakpa; tributary of the Dakota River; a Sioux Indian name meaning "elm 
river." 
Pewarao; village in Ionia County, Michigan, named for the son of Shacoe, a chief 
of the Ojibwa Indians. 
Pewaukee; village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, named from the lake which 
bore the Indian name of peewaukee-wee-ning , "lake of shells." 
Peytona; village in Boone County, West Virginia, named for William M. Peyton. 
Pheasant Branch; village in Dane County, Wisconsin, named from the stream 
which bears the name of Peona, possibly a corruption of the French paon, 
"peacock," or "pheasant." 
Pheba; village in Clay County, Mississippi, named for Mrs. Pheba Robinson. 
Phelps; county, and village in Atchison County, in Missouri, named for Gov. John S. 
Phelps. 
Phelps; county in Nebraska, named for William Phelps, an early resident of the 
county. 
Phelps; village in Ontario County, New York, named for Oliver Phelps, one of the 
original proprietors. 
Philadelphia; county, and city in same county, in Pennsylvania, so named by 
William Penn in order that the principle of the Quakers — brotherly love — might 
be identified with their city, the name being that of the city in Asia Minor. 
From the Greek, philadelphos, meaning "loving one's brother." 
Philadelphia; city in Jefferson County, New York, named from the city in Penn- 
sylvania. 
Philippi; town in Barbour County, West Virginia, both town and county being 
named for Philip P.- Barbour, an early governor of Virginia. 
Philipsburg-; city in Granite County, Montana, named for the manager of the 
Granite mine. 
Philipsburg 1 ; borough in Center County, Pennsylvania, named for its founders, two 
Englishmen, Henry and James Philips. 
Philipstown; town in Putnam County, New York, named for Adolph Philipse, the 
orignal patentee. 
Phillips; county in Arkansas, named for Sylvanus Phillips, a prominent resident. 
Phillips; county in Colorado, named for R. 0. Phillips, a prominent statesman. 
Phillips; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, named for Col. William A. 
Phillips. 
Phillips; lake in Maine, named for the man who has owned it for fifty years. 
Phillips; town in Franklin County, Maine, named for a prominent resident family, 
by whom the town site was formerly owned. 
Phillips; city in Price County, Wisconsin, named for Elijah B. Phillips, a railroad 
constructor. 
Phillipsburg-; town in Warren County, New Jersey, named for a resident family. 
Phillipston; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Lieut. Gov. 
William Phillips, 1814. 
Phillipsville; village in Humboldt County, California, named for a settler. 
Philmont; village in Columbia County, New York. Compound of Philip, the name 
of a prominent family, and inont, from its elevated location. 
Philo; township and village in Champaign County, Illinois, named for Philo Hale, 
who made the first land entry in the vicinity. 
Phippsburg; town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, named for Sir William Phipps, 
governor of Massachusetts. 
Phoenix; city in Maricopa County, Arizona, named in prophecy of a "new 
growth," being situated in the midst of prehistoric ruins. 
