248 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. r bull. 258. 
Plattsburg; village in Clinton County, New York, named for Judge Zephaniah 
Piatt, its founder. 
Plattsmouth; city in Cass County, Nebraska, so named because of its location at 
the continence of the Platte and Missouri rivers. 
Plattville; village in Porter County, Indiana, named for Thomas Piatt, who laid 
it out. 
Pleasanton; city in Linn County, Kansas, named for Gen. Alfred Pleasanton. 
Pleasant Plains; village in Sangamon County, Illinois, a descriptive name sug- 
gestive of the location. 
Pleasants; county in West Virginia, named for James Pleasants, an early governor. 
Plessis; village in Jefferson County, New York, named from the town in France. 
Plum; stream in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, the name being a translation of 
the Indian word sipuas-hanne. 
Plumas; county in California traversed by the Feather River. A Spanish word 
meaning ' ' feather. ' ' 
Plymouth; town in Marshall County, Indiana; counties in Iowa and Massachusetts, 
towns in Washington County, North Carolina, and Windsor County, Vermont; 
and city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin; named from the town in Massachu- 
setts. 
Plymouth; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the landing place of the 
Pilgrims, named from Plymouth in England, where they were hospitably enter- 
tained prior to their emigration to America. 
Plymouth; township and village in Richland County, Ohio, so named by pioneers 
from Plymouth, Pennsylvania. 
Plympton; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, doubtless named for one of 
the Plymptons of England. 
Pocahontas; village in Bond County, Illinois; county in Iowa; village in Cape 
Girardeau County, Missouri; and county in West Virginia; named for the Indian 
princess. The name is said to signify "stream between tw T o hills." 
Pocantecs; stream running through "Sleepy Hollow," near Tarrytown, New York. 
An Indian word meaning "a run between two hills." 
Pocasset; village in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. An Indian word meaning 
"at which a strait widens." 
Pochaug; stream in Connecticut, An Indian word meaning "where they divide 
in two." 
Pockwocamus; lake on Penobscot River, Maine. An Indian word meaning "mud 
pond." 
iPocomoke; river in Maryland; 
Pocomoke City; town in Worcester County, Maryland. An Indian word mean- 
I ing "broken by knolls." 
Pocono; stream in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning 
"stream between mountains." 
Poconteco; river in Westchester County, New York, said to have been densely 
shaded by trees. An Indian word meaning "dark river." 
Pocosen; river in Virginia. Derived from the an Indian word signifying "grassy 
bottom." 
Poe; township in Hancock County, West Virginia, named for a family of pioneers 
and Indian fighters. 
Poestenkill; town in Rensselaer County, New York, named from its principal 
stream. A Dutch word meaning "foaming creek." 
Poge; cape at the north end of Chappaquidick Island, Massachusetts. Derived from 
an Indian word which means "harbor" or "place of shelter." 
Pogues; creek in Indiana, named for an early settler. 
