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Schleicher; county in Texas, named for Gustav Schleicher, member of Congress 
from that State. 
Schleising-erville; village in Washington County, Wisconsin, named for B. Schleis- 
inger Weil, its founder. 
Schley; county in Georgia, named for William Schley, a former governor. 
Schodack; town in Rensselaer County, New York. An Indian word meaning 
"meadow or fire plain," so called because it was in ancient times the scat of the 
council fires of the Mohegans. 
Schoharie; county, town in same county, and creek in New York. An Indian 
word meaning "flood wood," or "driftwood." Another authority gives "tribu- 
tary that throws its waters across the main stream." 
Schonbrunn; town in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. A German word meaning "beau- 
tiful fountain." 
Schoodic; river, and chain of lakes, in Maine. An Indian word to which many 
meanings are credited, among them, "trout place," "burnt lands," "place 
where water rushes," and "where fish live all the year." 
Schoolcraft; county, and village in Kalamazoo County, in Michigan, named for 
Henry R. Schoolcraft, distinguished for his Indian researches. 
Schroeppel; town in Oswego County, New York, named for Henry W. Schroeppel, 
an early resident. 
Schroon; lake, river, mountain, and town in Essex County, in New r York. Opini< >ns 
differ as to the derivation of this name, some saying that it is derived from 
the Indian shaghnetaghrowahora, meaning "largest lake," or from the Saranac 
Indian, "daughter of the mountains;" another authority stating that it was 
named for the Duchess Scharon, of the court of Louis XIV. 
Schulenburg-; town in Fayette County, Texas, named for a man prominent in the 
organization of a corporation that built the town. 
Schuyler; counties in Illinois, Missouri, and New York, named for Gen. Philip 
Schuyler, early mayor of Albany, New York. 
Schuyler; city in Colfax County, Nebraska, named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice- 
President under President Grant. 
Schuylerville; village in Saratoga County, New York, named for Gen. Philip 
Schuyler, a prominent man, and early mayor of Albany. 
Schuylkill; county and river in Pennsylvania; so named because the first explorers 
passed its mouth without seeing it, which caused them to give it this Dutch name, 
meaning "hidden stream." The Delaware Indians called the river ganshowe- 
hanne, ' ' waving stream . ' ' 
Schuylkill Haven; town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, so named because of 
its location at the head of the Schuylkill Canal. 
Scio; town in Allegany County, New York, named from the island in the Mediter- 
ranean. 
Sciota; village in McDonough County, Illinois, and river and county in Ohio. 
Derived from the Indian word seeyotah, meaning "great legs," and applied to 
the river on account of its numerous and long branches. 
Scipio; town in Cayuga County, New York, named for the Roman general. 
Scitico; village in Hartford County, Connecticut. An Indian word meaning "at 
the branch." 
Scituate; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, named for the stream running 
into the harbor, which derived its name from the Indian word satuit, "cold 
brook." 
Scooba; town in Kemper County, Mississippi. An Indian word meaning "reed 
brake. ' ' 
Scotland; counties in Missouri and North Carolina, and city in Bonhomme County, 
South Dakota named for the division of (heat Britain. 
