gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 307 
Ulysses; city in Grant County, Kansas, and village in Butler County, Nebraska, 
named for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. 
Umatilla; river and county in Oregon, named for a tribe of Indians. 
Umbagog; lake, partly in New Hampshire and partly in Maine. An Indian word 
said to mean "doubled up." Other authorities favor "clear lake," "shallow," 
or "great waters near another." 
Umcolcus; lake and stream in Maine. An Indian word meaning "whistling duck." 
Ummo; mountain in Mariposa County, California. An Indian word meaning "lost 
arrow." 
Umpachene; falls in a stream in the town of New Marlboro, Berkshire County, 
Massachusetts, named for an Indian chief. 
Unalaska; island in the Aleutian Archipelago. Indian word meaning " land near 
Alayeska (or Alakshak)." 
Unadilla; village in Dooly County, Georgia, and riser, town, and village in Otsego 
County, New York. An Iroquois Indian word meaning "place of meeting." 
Unaweep; canyon in Colorado, so named because of the color of its sandstone. 
An Indian word meaning "red rock." 
Uncasville; village in New London County, Connecticut, named for a war chief of 
the Mohegan Indians. 
Uncompahgre; river and mountain in Colorado. Derived from the Indian, unca, 
"hot;" pah, "water;" gre, "spring;" "hot water spring." 
Underhill; town in Chittenden County, Vermont, named for two brothers, share- 
holders under the original charter. 
Unicoi; county in Tennessee. A corrupted form of the name of the Ouika Indians. 
Unimo; mountain in Mariposa County, California. An Indian word said to mean 
"lost arrow." 
Union; counties in Arkansas, Georgia, and Iow r a, parish in Louisiana, and counties 
in Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South 
Dakota, and Tennessee; so named as an expression of the sentiment which actu- 
ates the American people. 
Union; county in Illinois, so named because of a successful union meeting held in 
the vicinity about 1817 by two preachers of different denominations. 
Union; county in Indiana, formed by the union of parts of Wayne and Fayette 
counties. 
Union; mountain in Nevada, so named because it appears to be made up of many 
peaks. 
Union; county, and town in same county, in New Jersey, founded during the civil 
war, so named to express the patriotic sentiment of that section. 
Union; county in South Carolina, named from the Union Church on Brown Creek. 
Union City; city in Randolph County, Indiana, and Darke County, Ohio, so named 
because of its location in two States. 
Union City; village in Branch County, Michigan, so named because of its location 
at the junction of the Saint Joseph and Coldwater rivers. 
Union City; town in Obion County, Tennessee, so named with the expectation that 
it would eventually be a large railroad center. 
Union Springs; town in Bullock County, Alabama, so named because of Methodists 
assembling at the springs for camp meetings. 
Union Springs; village in Cayuga County, New York, so named because several 
springs unite at this place. 
Uniontown; borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, so named because of its 
being built on two farms, the owners of which disputed as to whose name the 
town should bear. 
Unionville; city in Putnam County, Missouri, so named because of the union of 
Putnam and Dodge counties, of which that city is the county seat. 
