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Tuftonboro; town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, named for J. Tufton Mason, 
to whom the grant was made. 
Tukuhnikavats; peak of the Sierra la Sal, in Utah, named for a Ute Indian. The 
word means "dirt seer." 
Tulare; county, and city in same county, in California. An Indian word, "place 
of tules," or " place of reeds." 
Tule; town in Tulare County, California, and lake lying in Modoc and Siskiyou 
counties, California, and Klamath County, Oregon, named from the willow 
growths, a grass used by Indians for making mats and baskets. 
Tule; river in Kings and Tulare counties, California. An Indian word meaning 
"reeds." 
Tuleys; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Tullahoma; town in Coffee County, Tennessee. An Indian word meaning "near- 
est town." 
Tully; town in Onondaga County, New York, named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the 
Roman orator. 
Tulpehocken, stream in Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word, "land of 
turtles." 
Tumwater; town in Thurston County, Washington. An Indian word meaning 
"waterfall." 
Tunkhannock; township and borough in Wyoming County, and creek in Susque- 
hanna County, Pennsylvania. From the Delaware Indian tank hanne, meaning 
"small stream." 
Tuolumne; county, city in same county, and river in California, named for an Indian 
tribe. Bancroft states the name to be a corruption of talmalamne, meaning a 
"group of stone huts" or "collection of wigwams." 
Tuppeckhanna; stream in Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian word meaning "stream 
which flows from a large spring." 
Turbutville; borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, named for a fam- 
ily who had large land holdings in the State. 
Turin; town in Lewis County, New York, named from the city in Italy. 
Turkey; river in Iowa, so named because much frequented by wild turkeys. 
Turmans; creek in Sullivan County, Indiana, named for Benjamin Turman, first 
settler on the west side of the county. 
Turner; town in Androscoggin County, Maine, named for the Rev. Charles Turner, 
of Scituate, Massachusetts. 
Turner; county in South Dakota, named for J. W. Turner, legislator. 
Turners Falls; falls on the Connecticut River and village in Franklin County, 
Massachusetts, named for Captain Turner, who led in the massacre of the Indians 
in King Philip's war. 
Turnersville ; town in Robertson County, Tennessee, named for Major Turner. 
Turnwall; creek in Clark County, Arkansas, corruption of the French terra noir, 
"black land." 
Turret; mountain in Yellowstone Park, so named from its shape. 
Tuscaloosa; county, and city in same county, in Alabama, named for an Indian chief, 
the name meaning "black warrior." 
Tuscarawas; river, county, and village in same county, in Ohio. A Delaware 
Indian word, to which authorities give two meanings, "old town," because the 
oldest Indian town in that part of the State was situated on the banks of the 
river; and "open mouth." 
Tuscarora; village in Livingston County, New York, and river in Pennsylvania, 
named for the Tuscarora, one of the confederated Iroquois tribes. The meaning 
of the name is uncertain. 
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