288 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Spartanburg-; county, and city in same county, in South Carolina, so called from 
the rigorous self-discipline practiced by the inhabitants during the Revolutionary 
war. 
Spearville; town in Ford County, Kansas, named for Alden Speare, of Boston. 
Spencer; township, and city in Clay County, in Iowa, named for George E. Spencer, 
United States Senator from Alabama, 
Spencer; county in Kentucky, and county, and city in Owen County, in Indiana, 
named for Capt. Spier Spencer, killed at Tippecanoe. 
Spencer; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Spencer Phipps, 
lieutenant-governor 1732-1757; or, according to another authority, for Charles 
Spencer, second Duke of Marlborough. 
Spencerport; village in Monroe County, New York, named for William H. Spencer, 
a pioneer settler. 
Sphinx; mountain in Montana, so named on account of its resemblance in shape to 
the Sphinx in Egypt. 
Spink; county in South Dakota, named for S. L. Spink, a former Congressman. 
Spirit Lake; town in Dickinson County, Iowa, named from the lake which the 
Indians called "spirit water." 
Spivey; city in Kingman County, Kansas, named for R. M. Spivey, president of the 
Arkansas Valley Town and Land Company. 
Split Rock; village in Essex County, New York, so named because situated near a 
curiously formed rock. 
Spokane; county, city in same county, river, and falls in Washington, named for 
an Indian tribe, the name meaning "children of the sun." 
Spoon; river in northern Illinois, so named by the first white settler because of the 
spoon-shaped course of the stream. The Indian name was Maquon, meaning 
"feather." 
Spottsylvania; county in Virginia, named for Alexander Spotswood, early lieu- 
tenant-governor. 
Sprague; town in Lincoln County, Washington, named for Gen. John W. Sprague, 
interested in the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Springfield; city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named from the town in 
Essex County, England. 
Spring-field; city in Greene County, Missouri; village in Sarpy County, Nebraska, 
and city in Clark County, Ohio, so named because of the numerous springs. 
Springfield; village in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, so named by its founder 
because he "expected to see a town spring up in the old fields." 
Spring-field; town in Windsor County, Vermont, named from the city in Massa- 
chusetts. 
Spring Lake; borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, named from a lake in 
the vicinity which is fed by springs. 
Spring Valley; township and village in Fillmore County, Minnesota, and village 
in Pierce County, Wisconsin, named from the springs which are notable features 
of the valleys. 
Springville; villages in Laporte County, Indiana, and Erie County, New York, so 
named because of the abundance of springs. 
Sproul; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for a settler. 
Squam; lake in New Hampshire. Derived from the Indian word, nesqaamsanke, 
meaning "pleasant water place." 
Squaw; mountain and township in Piscataquis County, Maine. An abridged ver- 
sion of the translation of its Indian name, meaning "the mountain which 
belongs to a woman." 
Stafford; town in Tolland County, Connecticut, and county in Virginia, named for 
the county in England. 
