276 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 25? 
Sault Sainte Marie; city in Chippewa County, Michigan, situated at the foot ( 
the rapids of St. Marys River. A French phrase meaning " falls of St. Mary. 
Saunders; tributary of the Yellowstone River, Montana, named for a trapper wh 
lived in the region. 
Saunders; county in Nebraska, named for Governor Alvin Saunders. 
Sauratown; town in Stokes County, North Carolina, named from the Sara India 
tribe. 
Sausalito; town in Marin County, California. A Spanish word meaning " littl 
willow." 
Sauvie; island in the Columbia River, Oregon, named for Jean Baptiste Sauve, 
French Canadian, who kept a dairy there. 
Savanna; city in Carroll County, Illinois; 
Savannah; city in Chatham County and river in Georgia, and town in Wayn 
County, New York. The name is a Creek corruption of the name of the Shawne 
Indians, who formerly lived upon the Savannah River. 
Savoy; village in Champaign County, Illinois, named for Princess Cothilda of Savoi 
who visited Illinois in 1861. 
Savoy; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named from the town in Switze 
land. 
Sawadabscook; branch of the Penobscot River in Maine. An Indian word meai 
ing " place of large, smooth rocks." 
Sawyer; county in Wisconsin, named for Philetus Sawyer, Senator from that Stat* 
Saxapahaw; town in Alamance County, North Carolina. A corruption of tl: 
name of an Indian tribe, Sissipahaw. 
Saybrook; town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, named for Lords Say and Brool 
Saybrook; village in McLean County, Illinois, named from Saybrook, Connecticu 
Sayre; borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, probably named for R. S. Sayn 
chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 
Scales Mound; township and village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, named from tr 
proximity of a large mound owned by Samuel Scales. 
Scammon; city in Cherokee County, Kansas, named for four brothers, early settle: 
from Illinois. 
Scandia; city in Republic County, Kansas, named for the Scandinavian agricultur; 
society by which it was colonized. 
Scandinavia; village in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, named for the people 1] 
whom it was settled. 
Scantic; river, and village in Hartford County, Connecticut. Derived from tr 
Indian word reskatuk, meaning "branch of the river." 
Scarboro; town in Cumberland County, Maine, named from the town in England 
Scarsdale; town in Westchester County, New York, named from the town in Derb; 
shire, England. 
Scatacook; river in Connecticut. An Indian word meaning "confluence of tw 
streams." 
Schaghticoke; town in Rensselaer County, New York, situated at the confluence < 
the Hoosic and Hudson rivers. Derived from an Indian word pachgatgoci 
" place where a river branches." 
Schellsburg; borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, named for the man wfc 
laid it out, 
Schenectady; county, and city in same county, in New York. Derived from tl 
Indian meaning "over beyond the plains," or " river valley beyond the pii 
trees." 
Schererville; village in Lake County, Indiana, named for Scherer Wright, i 
founder. 
