292 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. I hill. 258. 
Stratford; town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, named by an early English settler 
from his native town Stratford-on-Avon. 
Stratton; town in Windham County, Vermont, named for Samuel Stratton, an early 
settler of Vernon. 
Strawberry" Point; town in Clayton County, Iowa, so named bacause of an alum- 
dance of these berries. 
Streator; city in Lasalle County, Illinois, named for Worthy S. Streator, of Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 
Streeter; creek in Nansemond County, Virginia, named for a resident family. 
Streetsboro; township in Portage County, Ohio, named for David Street, an early 
settler. 
Stromsburg; city in Polk County, Nebraska, named by a Swedish colony from a 
suburb of Stockholm. 
Strong; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Strong; city in Chase County, Kansas, named for W. B. Strong, president, Atchison, 
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company. 
Strong; town in Franklin County, Maine, named for Caleb Strong, United States 
Senator. 
Strongsville; township in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, named for John S. Strong. 
Strother; town in Monroe County, Missouri, named for Prof. French Strother. 
Stroudsburg; borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, named for Col. Jacob 
Stroud, its first settler. 
Stuart; township and city in Guthrie County, Iowa, named for Capt. Charles Stuart, 
of Vermont. 
Stuart; village in Holt County, Nebraska, named for Peter Stuart, an early settler. 
Sturbridge; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named from Stourbridge, 
England. 
Sturgeon; town in Boone County, Missouri, named for Isaac H. Sturgeon, of 
St. Louis. 
Sturgeon Bay; city in Door County, Wisconsin, named from the bay, which abounds 
with this fish. 
Sturgis; town in St. Joseph County, Michigan, named from the prairie which was 
named for Judge John Sturgis, first settler. 
Sturgis; city in Meade County, South Dakota, named for Col. Samuel Sturgis, of 
the Seventh U. S. Cavalry. 
Stutsman; county in North Dakota, named for Hon. Enoch Stutzman, a pioneer 
settler prominent in the State's history. 
Stuyvesant; town in Columbia County, New York, named for Governor Peter 
Stuyvesant. 
Suamico; river in Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning ''yellow sand." 
Subeet; town in Solano County, California. A combination of "sugar" and "beet," 
from its location in the sugar-beet raising district. 
Sublett; town in Cassia County, Idaho, named for Captain Sublette, a partner in the 
Rocky Mountain Fur Company. 
Sublette; township and village in Lee County, Illinois, so named because of the 
subletting of the contract for the grading on that part of the Illinois Central 
Railroad. 
Succasunna; town in Morris County, New Jersey, in a locality famous for its iron 
ore. Derived from the Indian sukeu, "black," and achsun, "stone;" hence 
"place where black stone is found." 
Sudbury; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named from the town in 
Fmgland. 
Suffern; town in Rockland County, New York, named from the Suffern family, 
which owned considerable property in the county. 
