gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 301 
Tioinati; tributary of the St. Lawrence River, in New York. An Indian word, 
meaning " beyond the point," 
Tioug-hrriog-a; river in central New York. An Indian word meaning " meeting of 
the waters. ' ' 
Tippah; county in Mississippi, named for the wife of Pontotoc, a Chickasaw Indian 
chief, the word meaning "cutoff." 
Tippecanoe; river and comity in Indiana, and village in Earrison County, Ohio. 
From an Indian word given the various meanings of "at the great clearing," 
"long-lipped pike," and "buffalo fish." 
Tipton; county, and city in same county, in Indiana, named for Gen. John Tipton, 
Senator from Indiana. 
Tipton; county in Tennessee, named for Capt. Jacob Tipton, father of Gen. Jacob 
Tipton. 
Tisbury; town in Dukes County, Massachusetts, named from the town in England. 
Tishomingo; county in Mississippi, named for the king of the Chickasaw Indians, 
the name meaning "warrior chief." 
Tishtang; creek in Humboldt County, California, fancifully named to suggest the 
sound of the water. 
Tiskilwa; village in Bureau County, Illinois. Said to be derived from various 
Indian words with the meanings "plover," "old boy," meaning a bachelor, and 
"beautiful valley." 
Titonka; village in Kossuth County, Iowa. A Sioux Indian word meaning "big 
house. ' ' 
Titus; county in Texas, named for James Titus, a prominent citizen. 
Titusville; town in Brevard County, Florida, named for its founder, Colonel Titus, 
who was a leader in the Kansas crusade. 
Titusville; city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, named for Jonathan Titus, the 
former owner of the town site. 
Tivoli; village in Duchess County, New York, named from the town in Italy. 
Tobesofka; creek in Georgia, so named because an Indian lost a dish of meal while 
crossing it. tiofkee, meaning "dish of meal," and tobe, "I have lost." 
Tobyhanna; stream in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, thickly banked with alder 
bushes. A Delaware Indian word meaning "alder stream." 
Tocomo; river in Florida. A transposition of Tomoco, alias Timucus, a former 
tribe of that region. 
Todd; county in Kentucky, named for Col. John Todd. 
Todd; county in Minnesota, named for Gen. John B. Todd, of the Regular Army, 
commander at Fort Ripley, Maine, 1849-1856. 
Tohickon; stream in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word mean- 
ing "driftwood stream," or "stream with a driftwood bridge." 
Toledo; town in Cumberland County, Illinois, named from the city in Ohio. 
Toledo; city in Lucas County, Ohio, named from the city in Spain. 
Tolland; county in Connecticut. The name is transferred from England. 
Tolly; point at the junction of Severn River and Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, where 
Captain Tolly was wrecked. 
Toiono; township and village in Champaign County, Illinois; a name coined by the 
founders for individuality. 
Toluca; city in Marshall County, Illinois, named by the founders from Toluca in 
Mexico. 
Toman; city and town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, named for a chief of the 
Menominee Indians. 
Tomahawk; town in Searcy County. Arkansas, and city in Lincoln County, 
Wisconsin. From tomahawk, or tomahican, the Indian hatchet. 
