302 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258; 
Tomasaki; mountain in Utah, named for a Ute Indian. 
Tom Ball; mountain in the town of West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massa- 
chusetts, named for an early inhabitant living near the mountain. 
Tombicon; stream in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word 
meaning "place of crab apples." 
Tombigbee; river in Mississippi. Derived from the Indian itumbi-bikpe, "coffin 
makers." 
Tombstone; town in Pima County, Arizona, so named by its founder, because 
when starting out on his prospecting tour he was assured he would "find his 
tombstone." 
Tome; village in Valencia County, New Mexico. A contraction of Santo Tomtts, 
Spanish for St. Thomas. 
Tom Green; county in Texas, named for Gen. Tom Green, distinguished in the early 
history of the State, and later in the civil war. 
Tomoka; river in Florida, named for an Indian tribe, the Tomoco or Timucus. 
[Tompkins; county, and town in Delaware County, New York; 
Tompkinsville ; villages in Monroe County, Kentucky, and Richmond County, 
New York. Named for Daniel D. Tompkins, governor of New York in 1807. 
Toms; river in Ocean County, New Jersey, said to have been named for Capt. 
William Tom, an early English settler. 
Tonawanda; stream, and town in Erie County, New York. An Indian word mean- 
ing "swift water." 
Tonganoxie; town in Leavenworth County, Kansas, named for a Delaware Indian 
who kept a stopping place near the present town site. 
Tonica; village in Lasalle County, Illinois, probably named from the Indian, the 
word said to mean "place inhabited." 
Tonti; township and village in Marion County, Illinois, named for Tonti, the part- 
ner of La Salle. 
Tooele; county in Utah, so named on account of a species of 'rush which grows in 
the mountains. 
Topeka; village in Mason County, Illinois, and city in Shawnee County, Kansas. 
Said to be the Sioux or Omaha Indian name for the so-called "Indian potato." 
Topsfield; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, named from the parish in England. 
Topsham; town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, named from the seaport in England. 
Toronto; township, and city in Woodson County, Kansas; village in Jefferson 
County, Ohio; and town in Deuel County, South Dakota, An Indian word 
meaning "oak tree rising from the lake." 
Torowcap; valley in Arizona. An Indian word meaning "clayey locality." 
Torrey; peak in Colorado, named for the botanist, 
Torrey; town in Yates County, New York, named for Henry Torrey. 
Torrington; town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, named from the town in 
England. 
Tortuga; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning "turtle." 
Totowa; borough in Passaic County, New Jersey. From the Indian word tosmuei, 
meaning "to sink," "dive," or "go under water," as timbers do when carried 
over a waterfall. 
Totoganic; river in Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning "place of floating logs." 
Totoket; hill in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Probably an Indian word meaning 
" on the great tidal river." 
Tottenville; village in Richmond County, New York, named for the Tottens, a 
family of early residents. 
Toulbah; mountain in Maine, in shape resembling a turtle. An Indian word mean- 
ing ' ' turtle. ' ' 
