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Wataga; village in Knox County, Illinois. From the Pottawatomi Indian word 
meaning, " I heard;" or, if derived from ahweataga, " he has gone to ramble." 
Watch Hill; town in Washington County, Rhode Island. From this promontory 
the Narragansett Indians watched for their enemies, the Montauks. 
Wateree; river, and town in Richland ( Jounty, in South Carolina, named for an Indian 
tribe. 
Waterford; town in Marshall County, Mississippi, so named on accountof the great 
volnme of water contained in Spring ('reck at this point. 
Waterford; village in Saratoga County, New York, and town in Caledonia Comity, 
Vermont, named from the city in Ireland. 
Waterford; town in Loudoun County, Virginia, named by an early settler from 
Waterford in Ireland, his native place. 
Waterloo; city in Monroe County, Illinois, village in Douglas County, Nebraska, 
and many other places; named from the battlefield in Belgium. 
Watertown; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, so called because it was a 
"well- watered place," and the first means of communication between this place 
and Boston was by water. 
Watertown; town in Jefferson County, New York, so named on account of the 
extraordinary amount of water power. 
Water Valley; city in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, so named on account of the 
continuous flow of water in the valley. 
Waterville; town in Marshall County, Kansas, named from Waterville, New York, 
the home of Colonel Osborne, who was the contractor for the construction of the 
railroad. 
Waterville; city in Kennebec County, Maine, so named because of its situation at 
Ticonic Falls on the Kennebec River, which furnishes the motive power for the 
factories of the city. 
Watervliet; city on the Hudson, in Albany County, New York. From the Dutch, 
meaning "flowing stream." 
Wathena; city in Doniphan County, Kansas, named for a chief of the Kickapoo 
Indians. 
Watkins; village in Schuyler County, New York, named for Dr. Samuel Watkins, 
of London, one of the first proprietors. 
Watkinsville; town in Oconee County, Georgia, named for Col. Robert Watkins, 
of Augusta, member of the State legislature. 
Watonwan; county and river in Minnesota. A Dakota (Sioux) name, meaning 
"fish bait," or " where fish bait abounds." 
Watrous; town .in Mora County, New Mexico, named for Samuel B. Watrous, an 
early settler. 
Watseka; city in Iroquois County, Illinois, named for a mythical Indian girl who 
saved her tribe from disaster. Another authority gives it as a corruption of an 
Indian word, meaning "pretty woman." 
Watson; township and village in Effingham County, Illinois, named for George 
Watson, a constructing railroad engineer. 
Watson; town in Lewis County, New York, named for .lames Watson, a formei 
proprietor. 
Watson; tow r n in Hampshire County, West Virginia, named for .Joseph Watson, the 
former owner of the land. 
Watsontown; borough in Northumberland County. Pennsylvania, named for John 
Watson, the original proprietor. 
Watsonville; city in Santa Cruz County, California, named for Col. James Watson, 
a first settler. 
Wattsburg; borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, named for David Watts, an 
early settler. 
