gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 245 
Phoenix; village in Oswego, County, New York, named for Alexander Phoenix. 
Phoenixville; borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, named for the Phoenix 
Iron Works. 
Piasa; town in Macoupin County, Illinois. The Indian name of a huge animal 
figure which they had chiseled in an adjacent, ledge of rock on the banks of the 
Mississippi River. The w T ord seems to refer to a panther. 
Piatt; county in Illinois, named for James Andrew Piatt, the first white settler 
within the limits of the county. 
Piccowaxen; creek in Maryland. An Indian word meaning "torn shoes." 
Pickaway; county in Ohio. Another form of Piqua or Pequea, the name of a sub- 
tribe of the Shawnee Indians. 
Pickens; counties in Alabama and Georgia, and county, and town in same county, 
in South Carolina, named for Gen. Andrew Pickens, of the Revolutionary war. 
Pickens; town in Holmes County, Mississippi, named for James Pickens a land- 
owner. 
Pickensville; town in Pickens County, Alabama, named for Gen. Andrew Pickens, 
an officer of the Revolution. 
Pickett; county in Tennessee, named for Col. George Edward C. A. Pickett, who 
led the famous charge at the battle of Gettysburg. 
Piedmont; town in Alameda County, California, at the foot of the Berkeley Hills; 
city in Wayne County, Missouri; and town in Mineral County, West Virginia, 
at the base of the Alleghenies. From the French pied, meaning "foot," and 
mont, "mountain." 
Piedra; town in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish name meaning 
' ' stone. ' ' 
Piegan; village in Chouteau County, Montana, named for a subtribe of the Blackfeet 
Indians, the original form being apikuni, meaning "badly tanned robes." 
Pierce; mountain in Humboldt County, California, and counties in Georgia, Nebraska, 
Washington, and Wisconsin, named for President Franklin Pierce. 
Pierce; county in North Dakota, named for Hon. Gilbert A. Pierce, first United 
States Senator from North Dakota. 
Pierce; village in Wharton County, Texas, named for Thomas W. Pierce, an early 
railroad man. 
Pierce City; city in Lawrence County, Missouri, named for Andrew Pierce, of Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts. 
Pierceton; town in Kosciusko County, Indiana, named for President Franklin Pierce. 
Piermont; village in Rockland County, New York, so named because it is backed 
by high hills and facing the river, into which extends a long pier. 
Pierre; city in Hughes County, South Dakota. Derives its name from Pierre 
Choteau, who established a post for fur trading with the Indians. 
Pierrepont; town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Hezekiah P>. 
Pierrepont, one of the original proprietors. 
Pierrepont Manor; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for the Lion. 
William C. Pierrepont' s residence. 
Pierres Hole; valley in Idaho, named for an Iroquois chieftain in the employ of 
the Hudson Bay Company. 
Pierson; village in Montcalm County, Michigan, named for O. A. Pierson, the firsl 
white settler. 
Piffard; village in Livingston County, New York, named for David Piffard, a prom- 
inent settler. 
Pigeon; one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior, Wisconsin. A translation of 
the Indian name. 
