304 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Trempealeau; island in the Mississippi River, designated by the French mont qui 
trempe ct Veau meaning "mountain which stands in the water." 
Trenton; township and city in Grundy County, Missouri, named from the city in 
New Jersey. 
Trenton; city in Mercer County, New Jersey, named for Col. William Trent, speaker 
of the assembly. 
Tres Pinos; town in San Benito County, California. A Spanish name meaning 
"three pines." 
Trexlertown; town in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, named for John Trexler. 
Tribune; city in Greeley County, Kansas, named for the Tribune (New York), 
Greeley's newspaper. 
Trident; mesa in Colorado, so named because of the three spurs which rise from it. 
Trigg; county in Kentucky, named for Col. Stephen Trigg, slain by the Indians at 
the battle of Blue Licks. 
Trimble; county in Kentucky, named for the Hon. Robert Trimble. 
Trinchera; creek in Colorado. A Spanish word meaning "cut-bank river." 
Trinity; river in California, so named from the supposition of its first American 
explorers that it emptied into the Bay of Trinidad, which was entered by its 
Spanish discoverers on Trinity Sunday. 
Trinity; county in California,. named from the river. 
Trinity; town in Randolph County, North Carolina, named from Trinity College, 
formerly located there. 
Trinity; river, and county, named for the river in Texas, named for the Triune God. 
Tripp; county in South Dakota, named for Bartlett Tripp, United States minister to 
Austria in 1893. 
Tropico; town in Los Angeles County, California. The Spanish form of "tropic." 
Troup; county in Georgia, named for Hon. George M. Troup, senator from that State. 
Trousdale; county in Tennessee, named for Governor William Trousdale. 
Troy; city in Pike County, Alabama, named for Alexander Troy, of Columbus 
County, North Carolina. 
Troy; cities in Doniphan County, Kansas; Pontotoc County, Mississippi; Rensselaer 
County, New York; Miami County, Ohio; and Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 
named from ancient Troy of Asia Minor. 
Troy; town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, named for Matthew Troy, a 
prominent lawyer. 
Truckee; river in California, named for the old Indian guide of General Fremont. 
Truesdale; town in Warren County, Missouri, named for William Truesdale, former 
owner of the town site. 
Trumansburg; village in Tompkins County, New York, named for the Tremaines, 
family of early settlers. 
Trumbull; county in Ohio, named for Jonathan Trumbull, first governor of Con- 
necticut, the land formerly being within Connecticut's Western Reserve. 
Truro; town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, named from the town in England. 
Truxton; town in Cortland County, New York, named for Commodore Thomas 
Truxton. 
Tryon; town in Polk County, North Carolina, named for William Tryon, colonial 
governor. 
Tuckahoe; creek in New Jersey, probably named from the tuckahoe root. 
Tucker; village in Kankakee County, Illinois, named for J. T. Tucker, a railroad 
official. 
Tucker; county in West Virginia, named for St. George Tucker, an eminent Vir- 
ginia jurist. 
Tucson; city in Pima County, Arizona, derived from an Indian word meaning 
"black creek." 
