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Pohopoco; stream in Pennsylvania. Derived from the Indian word pochkapockla, 
signifying "two mountains bearing down upon each other with a stream inter- 
vening." 
Poinsett; county in Arkansas, named for Joel R. Poinsett, secretary of war during 
the administration of President Van Buren. 
Point a la Hache; town in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. A French name mean- 
ing "hatchet point." 
Point Allerton; point near Boston, Massachusetts, named for a passenger on the 
Mayflower. 
Point Arena; town in Mendocino County, California, on the coast. From the 
Latin, harena, meaning "sand," and point. 
Point Bonita; southern extremity of Marin County, California, A Spanish phrase 
meaning "beautiful point." 
Point Caswell; village in Pender County, North Carolina, named for Richard Cas- 
well, a Revolutionary governor and general. 
Pointe Coupee; parish, and town in same parish, in Louisiana, so named because of 
an extensive cut-off formed by the change in the course of the river. A French 
name meaning "cut-off point." 
Point Pleasant; town in Mason County, West Virginia, so named because it was 
once a place of great natural beauty. 
Point Remove; stream in Conway County, Arkansas. A corruption of the French 
word remous, meaning "eddy." 
Point Reyes; town in Marin County, California, named from the point on which a 
light-house is situated, called by the Spanish punta des reyes, "point of the 
kings." 
Point Roberts; cape on the coast of Washington, named for its discoverer. 
Point Saint Ignace; village in Mackinac County, Michigan, named for Saint 
Ignacius. 
Point Shirley; point and strait in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, named for 
William Shirley, an early governor. 
Point Sur; town in Monterey County, California. From the Spanish meaning 
"south point." 
Pokagon; village in Cass County, Michigan, named for a Pottawatomie chief, the 
name meaning "woman butcher." 
Pokomoka; river in Maryland. An Indian name meaning "place of shellfish." 
Poland; town in Androscoggin County, Maine, said to have been named for a noted 
Indian chief. 
Poland; village in Mahoning County, Ohio, named for George Poland, its original 
proprietor. 
Polk; counties in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and 
Wisconsin, and probably the counties of the same name in Minnesota, Nebraska, 
and Oregon, named for President James K. Polk. 
Polk; county in North Carolina, named for Col. William Polk, of the North Caro- 
lina Continental Line. 
Polkton; town in Anson County, North Carolina, named for Leonidas Polk. 
Pollepel; island on the Hudson River, New York. A Dutch word meaning "ladle." 
Polloksville; town in Jones County, North Carolina, named for a prominent citizen. 
Polo; city in Ogle County, Illinois, named for the distinguished traveler, Marco Polo. 
Pomeroy; city in Meigs County, Ohio, named for its original proprietor, Samuel 
Wyllis Pomeroy. 
Pomfret; towns in Windham County, Connecticut, Charles County, Maryland, and 
Windham County, Vermont, named from the town in Yorkshire, England. 
Pomme de Terre; river of Missouri entering the Osage River. A French phrase, 
meaning "potato." 
