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Somerset; county in Maryland, named for Edward Somerset, husband of the 
daughter of Lord Baltimore. 
Somerset; village in Perry County, Ohio, named from the county in Pennsylvania. 
Somers Point; borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey, named for a family of 
residents. 
Somerton; station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named for Jacob Sommer, asso- 
ciate justice of the district court of Philadelphia. 
Somervell; county in Texas, named for Alexander Somerville, a brigadier-general 
of the Texas Militia. 
Somerville; city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Capt. Richard 
Somers, naval officer in the Tripolitan war. 
Somerville; town in Somerset County, New Jersey, probably named for an English 
nobleman. 
Somonauk; village in Dekalb County, Illinois, derived from the Indian word, 
essemiauk, meaning "pawpaw tree." 
Sonoma; county, and town in same county, in California, said to have been named 
for the chief of the Chocuyens, the word meaning " valley of the moon." 
Sopris; peak of the Elk Mountains in western Colorado, named for Capt. Dick 
Sopris, one of the early settlers of the State. 
Souderton; borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named for a family of 
early settlers. 
Souhegan; river in New Hampshire. An Indian word meaning " worn-out lands." 
Souneunk; stream in Maine. An Indian word meaning "that runs between 
mountains. ' ' 
Southampton; towns in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Suffolk County, 
New York, and county in Virginia, named from the town in England. 
South Anna; river in Virginia, said to have been named for Anne, Queen of 
England. 
South Berwick; town in York County, Maine, named from the city in England. 
Southboro; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, so named because formed of 
the south part of Marlboro. 
Southbridge; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named with reference to 
the bridge over the Quinebaug River. 
South Carolina; one of the thirteen original States, first named for Charles IX of 
France, and later for Charles II of England. 
South Hero; town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, named for one of the two 
islands which were called Two Heroes, granted to Ethan Allen. It was intended 
that they should be owned only by brave men warmly disposed toward the 
Revolution. 
Southington; borough and town in Hartford County, Connecticut, A contraction 
of South Farmington, of which town it was originally a part. 
South Pittsburg; town in Marion County, Tennessee, named from the city in 
Pennsylvania. 
Southport; city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, so named because it is situ- 
ated in the southern part of the State. 
South River; borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, so named to distinguish 
it from the North River district. 
Southwick; town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named for its first settler. 
Spafford; town in Onondaga County, New York, named for Horatio Gates Spafford, 
author of the first gazetteer of that State. 
Spalding; county in Georgia, named for the Hon. Thomas Spaulding. 
Sparland; village in Marshall County, Illinois, named for John Sparr, owner of 
the site. 
Sparta; city in Randolph County, Illinois, named from Sparta in Greece. 
