gannett.1 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 265 
Robinson; township and city in Crawford County, Illinois, named for John M 
Robinson, United States Senator from Illinois, L830 L841. 
Robinson; city in Brown County, Kansas, named for Governor Charles Robinson. 
Robla; town in Ventura County, California. A Spanish word meaning "bill of 
wale." 
Roche a Gris; river in Adams County, Wisconsin. A French phrase meaning 
"gray rock." 
Rochelle; city in Ogle County, Illinois, named from Rochelle, France. 
Roche Moutonnee; branch of the Eagle River in Colorado, so named on accounl ol 
the glacial rocks of its gorge. 
Roche Percee; river in Boone County, Missouri. A French phrase meaning 
"pierced rock." 
Rochester; township and town in Fulton County, Indiana, named from the city in 
New York. 
Rochester; towns in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and Beaver County, Penn- 
sylvania, named from the city in England. 
Rochester; city in Monroe County, New York, named for the senior proprietor, 
Col. Nathaniel Rochester. 
Rochester; town in Ulster County, New York, named for the Earl of Rochester. 
Rock; counties in Minnesota and Nebraska, county and river in Wisconsin, and 
many other places, so named on account of the rocky character of the soil. 
Rockaway; river, and borough in Morris County, New Jersey. Supposed to be 
derived from the Indian word reckawackes, or achewek, meaning "bushy," or 
"difficult to cross." 
Rockbridge; county in Virginia, so named on account of the natural bridge of rock 
over Cedar Creek. 
Rockcastle; county and river in Kentucky, named for the rock castles on the river 
banks. 
Rockdale; county in Georgia, so named from the ledges of rock running through it. 
Rock Falls; city in Whiteside County, Illinois, named from its location at the falls 
in Rock River. 
Rockford; city in Winnebago County, Illinois, so named because of its situation on 
both sides of Rock River. 
Rockford; village in Wells County, Indiana, so named because it is located at a 
ford on Rock Creek. 
Rockingham; counties in New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Virginia, named 
for the Marquis of Rockingham, premier of England at the time of the repeal of 
the stamp act. 
Rock Island; county, and city in same county, in Illinois, named from an island in 
the Mississippi River which is formed of limestone. 
Rockland; city in Knox County, Maine, so named because of its granite quarries. 
Rockland; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, so named from the character 
of the soil. 
Rockland; county in New York, so named on account of its extensive quarries of 
red sandstone. 
Rockport; town in Spencer County, Indiana, so named because of the hanging 
rock, " Lady Washington Rock," on the Ohio River. 
Rockport; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, so named on account of the granite 
quarries near the sea. 
Rock Rapids; town in Lyon County, Iowa, named from its location on the falls of 
Rock River. 
Rockton; township and village in Winnebago County, Illinois, named from its loca- 
tion on the Rock River. 
