294 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Suncook; river in New Hampshire. From an Indian word, schunh-auke, meaning 
"goose place." 
Sunderland; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named for Charles Spencer, 
Earl of Sunderland. 
Sunflower; river and county in Mississippi, no doubt descriptively named. 
Sun Prairie; town in Dane County, Wisconsin, so named because a party of pioneers, 
after a nine days' tramp over the prairies in the rain, came to this spot as the 
sun came out. 
Superior; lake in Michigan. Translation of the original French name, lac superieur, 
''upper lake." 
Superior; city in Douglas County, Wisconsin, located on the border of Lake Supe- 
rior; hence the name. 
Surprise; creek in Yellowstone Park, so named because recent explorations find 
its course different than was formerly supposed. 
Surry; county in North Carolina, named for Lord Surry, an advocate of American 
independence. 
Surry; town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, and county in Virginia, named 
from the county in England. 
Survey; peak in the Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, so named because a signaling 
point for the Indians. 
Suspecaugh; stream in New T Jersey. A Delaware Indian word meaning "muddy 
water." 
Susquehanna; river, county, and borough in same county, in Pennsylvania. From 
an Indian word, suckahanne, "water." 
Sussex; counties in Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia, named from the county in 
England. 
Sutro; village in Lyon County, Nevada, named for Adolph Sutro. 
Sutter; county, and town in same county, in California, named for Col. John Sutter, 
on whose land the first gold was discovered in California by John Marshall. 
Sutton; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named from the town in England. 
Sutton; city in Clay County, Nebraska, and town in Merrimack County, New Hamp- 
shire, named from the town in Massachusetts. 
Sutton; county in Texas, named for Lieutenant-Colonel Sutton, of the army of the 
Confederacy. 
Suwanee; county, town in same county, and river in Florida, and creek and town 
in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Interpretations of this Indian word are various, 
but it seems to be derived from sawani, meaning "echo" or "echo river." 
Swain; county in North Carolina, named for David L. Swain, an early governor. 
Swainsboro; town in Emanuel County, Georgia, named for Col. Stephen Swain, of 
the State legislature. 
Swampscott; town in Essex County, Massachusetts. Various derivations are given 
this word — from the Indian word, wonnesquamsauke, "pleasant water place;" 
from m'sqm-ornpsk, "red rock," or "at the red rock;" or from another Indian 
word muaning "broken waters." 
Swannanoa; stream and town in Buncombe County, North Carolina. A Cherokee 
Indian word meaning "Swali trail," the Swali or Sara being an ancient trail of 
eastern North Carolina. 
Swansboro; town in Onslow County, North Carolina, probably so named on account 
of the swans frequenting the neighborhood. 
Swansea; town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, named from the town in Wales. 
Swanton; town in Franklin County, Vermont, named for Capt. William Swan ton, 
an officer in the British army before the colonies gained their independence. 
Swanville; village in Erie County, Pennsylvania, named for John L. Swan, its first 
settler. 
