gannktt.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 293 
Suffield; town in Hartford County, Connecticut, originally called Southfield, and 
situated in Massachusetts; so named because "being the southernmosl towne thai 
either at present or is like to be in that county." 
Suffolk; counties in Massachusetts and New York, and town in Nansemond County, 
Virginia, named from the county in England. 
Sugar; creek in North and South Carolina, named for the Indian tribe Sugaree. 
Sug-arpine; lumber town in Tuolumne County, California, so named for its location 
in the sugar-pine forests. 
Suisun; town in Solano County, California, named from an Indian tribe. The 
word means "big expanse." 
Sullivan; township and city in Moultrie County, Illinois, named by the county 
commissioners, who desired to associate the name with Moultrie, from Fort. 
Moultrie on Sullivan Island, Charleston harbor, South Carolina. 
Sullivan; county and town in Indiana, named for Daniel Sullivan, killed by the 
Indians when bearing messages from Captain Clark, after the capture of Vin- 
cennes. 
Sullivan; county, and town in Franklin County, in Missouri, named from the county 
in Tennessee. 
Sullivan; town in Hancock County, Maine, named for an original proprietor. 
Sullivan; county, and town in Cheshire County, in New Hampshire, county, and 
town in Madison County, in New York, and counties in Pennsylvania and Ten- 
nessee, named for Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, of the Revolutionary War. 
Sully; county in South Dakota, named for Alfred Sully, who commanded a brigade 
in Dakota. 
Sulphur Springs; town in Hopkins County, Texas, so named because of its local 
features. 
Summer; lake in Oregon, so called because of the warm weather which was experi- 
enced there by the Fremont party. 
Summerfield ; city in Marshall County, Kansas, named for E. Summerfield, of Law- 
rence, Kansas. 
Summers; county in West Virginia, named for George W. Summers, congressman 
from Virginia. 
Summerville ; town in Dorchester County, South Carolina, so named because it is 
a summer resort for residents. 
Summit; county in Colorado, town in Pike County, Mississippi, city in Union 
County, New Jersey, and county in Ohio. So named because of the elevated 
situation. 
Summit; village in Cook County, Illinois, named from its location on high land 
between two streams. 
Summit; county in Utah, so named because of its mountains. 
Summit Hill; borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, so named because of the 
elevation. 
Sumner; county in Kansas, named for Charles Sumner, the American statesman. 
Sumner; town in Oxford County, Maine, named for Governor Increase Sumner. 
Sumner; county in Tennessee, named for Col. Jethro Sumner. 
Sumter; counties in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and county, town in same 
county, and fort in Charleston Harbor, in South Carolina, named for (Jen. Thomas 
Sumter, an officer of the Revolutionary war. 
Sunapee; lake in New Hampshire. From an Indian word, shehunk-nippe, "wild 
goose pond." 
Sunapee; town in Sullivan County, and mountain in New Hampshire, named from 
the lake. 
Sunbury; borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, named from a village 
on the Thames. 
