260 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258 
Red Cloud; city in Webster County, Nebraska, named for the celebrated Sioux 
Indian chief. 
Redden; village in Sussex County, Delaware, named for Col. William 0. Redden. 
Redding; city in Shasta County, California, named for Major Redding, one of the 
earliest American pioneers. 
Redfield; town in Dallas County, Iowa, named for Colonel Redfield. 
Redfield; township and city in Spink County, South Dakota, named for J. B. Red- 
field, a director of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. 
Redford; village in Wayne County, Michigan, so named because it was a fording 
place on the river Rouge. 
Red Hook; town in Dutchess County, New York. A translation of the original 
Dutch name, Roode Hoeck, which was given it on account of a near-by marsh 
covered with cranberries. 
Red Jacket; village in Erie County, New York, named for a chief of the Seneca 
Indians, who derived his name from the. brilliant red jacket which he wore, 
given him by a British officer. 
Red Lake; county in Minnesota, named from the lake in Beltrami County. 
Red Oak; city in Montgomery County, Iowa, so named on account of a near-by 
grove of trees of this species. 
Redondo Beach; city in Los Angeles County, California, named from a Spanish 
word meaning "round." 
Red River; parish in Louisiana, and county in Texas, named from the Red River, 
which borders Texas on the north. 
Red River of the North; rises in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, and enters Lake Winni- 
peg. Named from Red Lake in Minnesota. 
Red Rock; town in Douglas County, Minnesota, so named on account of a near-by 
granite bowlder painted red by the Indians. 
Red Rock; village in Columbia County, New York, named for a red rock, sur- 
mounted by a wooden column 10 feet high bearing the date 1825. 
Redstone; branch of the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania, derived from the 
Indian word machkachsen, meaning "red stone creek." 
Redwillow; county in Nebraska, so named on account of the abundance of trees of 
this species. 
Redwing; city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, named for an Indian chief. 
Redwood; city in San Mateo County, California, so named because of the abundance 
of redwood timber in the vicinity. 
Redwood; river in Indiana. Derived from the Indian words musqua me tig, mean- 
ing "redwood tree river." 
Redwood; river in Minnesota, draining into the Minnesota River. The name is a 
translation of the Dakota (Sioux) , name referring to the abundant growth along 
the river of cornel, a bush with a red bark. 
Redwood; county in Minnesota, named from the river. 
Reed; township in Butler County, Nebraska, named for David Reed, a pioneer. 
Reed City; village in Osceola County, Michigan, named for its founder, James M. 
Reed. 
Reedsburg; city in Sauk County, Wisconsin, named for D. C. Reed, an early settler. 
Reedy; town in Roane County, West Virginia, named for a creek where reeds grow 
abundantly. 
Reese; valley and river in Nevada, named for a guide. 
Reese; stream in Lander County, Nevada, named for an early settler. 
Reeseville; village in Dodge County, Wisconsin, named for Samuel Reese, the first 
settler. 
Reeves; county in Texas, named for George H. Reeves. 
