306 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Tuscola; city in Douglas County, Illinois, and county in Michigan. The word is 
said to refer to "level place." 
Tuscumbia; city in Colbert County, Alabama, and village in Miller County, Mis- 
souri, named for a Chickasaw Indian chief. 
Tusquitee; village in Clay County, North Carolina. From the Cherokee name sig- 
nifying "rafters," or "roof poles." 
Tusten; town in Sullivan County, New York, named for Col. Benjamin Tusten. 
Tuttle; lake in Wisconsin, named for an early settler. 
Tuxedo; town in Orange County, New York. Probably from the Indian word 
yftauk-seel-tough" meaning "place of bears." 
Twiggs; county in Georgia, named for Gen. John Twiggs. 
Twin Rivers; two small streams, so named because entering Lake Michigan, from 
Wisconsin at the same point. 
Twinsburg; township in Summit County, Ohio, named for twin brothers, Moses 
and Aaron Wilcox, who were born there. 
Two Hearted; river in Michigan. An erroneous translation of the Indian word 
nizhodesibi, "twin river." 
Two Licks; branch of the Conemaugh in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. A trans- 
lation of the Delaware Indian word nischahoni. 
Two Rivers; city and town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, named from Twin 
Rivers. 
Twowater; branch of the White River in Eastern Utah, so named because of having 
two main sources — Bitterwater and Sweetwater forks. 
Tygart; valley and river in West Virginia, named for David Tygart, an early settler. 
Tyler; county in Texas, named for John Tyler, President of the United States. 
Tyler; county in West Virginia, named for John Tyler, governor of Virginia. 
Tylerville; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for Josiah and Frederick 
Tyler, early settlers. 
Tymochtee; stream, and town in Wyandot County, in Ohio, the former flowing 
around a large plain. An Indian word, meaning "around the plain." 
Tyndall; mountain in California, named for the English physicist. 
Tyngsboro; towm in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Ebenezer Tyng, 
but, according to Mason, it received its name from Mrs. Sarah Tyng Winslow. 
Tyringham; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for the family of 
Tyringham, of which Governor Bernard was a descendant and representative. 
Tyrone; township and borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, and eight other 
places bear the name of the county in Ireland. 
Tyrrel; county in North Carolina, named for Sir John Tyrrel, a lord proprietor. 
Uch.ee; village in Russell County, Alabama. The name of an ancient tribe of that 
region. 
Udall; city in Cowley County, Kansas, named for Cornelius Udall. 
Uhrichsville ; city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, named for a family of early settlers. 
Uinkaret; plateau in group of volcanic mountains in Grand Canyon, Colorado, and 
Arizona. An Indian word meaning "pine mountain." 
Uinta; county and mountain range in Utah, and county in Wyoming, named for a 
branch of the Ute Indians, the word being said to mean "pine land." 
Uiukufki; stream in Indian Territory. An Indian word meaning "muddy water." 
Ukiah; city in Mendocino County, California, and precinct in Umatilla County, 
Oregon. A corruption of Yokaia, the name of an Indian tribe. The word is 
said to mean ' ' lower valley " or " stranger. ' ' 
Ullin; village in Pulaski County, Illinois, named for a hero of the poet Ossian. 
Ulmers; town in Barnwell County, Soath Carolina, named for the Ulmer family. 
Ulster; county in New York, named from the province in Ireland. 
