296 PLACE NAMES IN THE EXITED STATES. [bull.258. 
Talladega: connty, and city in same county in Alabama. A Creek Indian name 
a ■-..-..•■ od the bonier."' hence a town on the frontier. 
Tallahassee: city in Leon County. Florida. A Seminole Indian word meaning "'old \ 
ise Li ie supposed to have been the site of Indian com- 
fields in remote tin - 
Tallahatchie: county in Mississippi, named from the principal branch of the Yazoo 
r in the same State. An Indian word meaning ••river of the rock.'* 
Tallapoosa: connty in Alabama and city in Haralson Connty, Georgia, named from 
the ri 
Tallapoosa: river in Georgia and Alabama. An Indian word meaning "swift cur- 
rent." or, ace _ ' i other authorities, "stranger" or "newcomer."" 
Talleyville: village in Newcastle County. Delaware, named for the Talley family, 
early residents. 
Tallmadge: T ' twnship in Summit County. Ohio, named for Col. Benjamin Tallmadge, 
an original land proprietor. 
Tama: county in Iowa. An Indian word meaning '•beautiful. - ' "pleasant/' 
••lovely." or the name of the wife of the Indian chief Poweshiek. Still another 
authority states that it is named for a chief whose name meant "bear whose 
. - • I ks trem 
Tamalpais: village and mountain in Marin County. California. A Spanish word 
Fthe Tamal Indian-." 
Tamanend: village in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, named for a celebrated 
Delaware Indian chief, better known as Tammany, the word meaning ••beaver- 
like," or "amiable 
Tamaqua: borough in Schuylkill County. Pennsylvania. From an Indian word 
stream." 
Tamaroa: village in Perry County, Illinois, named from a tribe of Illinois Indians. 
Tampa: city in Hills I mty and bay on the west coast of Florida. From the 
limpi, meaning "close to it." or •"near it." 
Tampico: I • village in Whit mty, Illinois, named from Tampico 
in Mexico. 
Taney: county in Missouri, named for Roger B. Taney, chief justice of the United 
Stal - 
Tangipahoa: river, parish, and town in same parish, in Louisiana, named for an 
Indian tribe, the ning "those who gather maize stalks." 
Tankhanna. creek in Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian wool meaning "smaller 
Taopi: village in Mower County. Minnesota, said to be named for a Sioux Indian 
chief who befriended the whites in the Minnesota massacre, 1862, the word 
_ ' -wound - 
Tappan: town in Harrison County, Ohio: 
Tappantown: village in Rockland County. New York. Said to be from an 
I I eaning ' L strea 
Tar: creek in Ventura County. California, named from the asphaltum deposits. 
Tar: river in North Carolina: 
Tarboro: town in Edgecombe County. North Carolina. Named from the river. 
whi< red its name on account of the tar made upon its banks by early 
colonial settlers. Wheeler gives the origin of the name of the river as from 
the Indian word tau, •■river of health." 
Tarentum; igh in Allegheny county. Pennsylvania, named from the city of 
Taranto in Italy. 
Tarkio: ■■•v. nship, city, and river in Atchison ( lounty, in Missouri. An Indian word 
- ""difficult to ford." 
