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Wheeler; county in Texas, named for Royal T. Wheeler, former chief justice of the 
State supreme court. 
Wheeling; village in Livingston County, Missouri, named from the city in West 
Virginia. 
Wheeling; city in Ohio County, West Virginia, from the Indian, weal-ink, meaning 
"place of a human head," from the circumstance of the Indians having dis- 
played the head of a white man on a pole at this point. Another authority 
gives whilink, "at the head of the river." 
Wheelock; town in Caledonia County, Vermont, named for Eleazer Wheelock, 
president of an Indian charity school situated there, but another authority states 
that it was named for John Wheelock. 
Whippany; river in Morris county, New Jersey. A Delaware Indian word mean- 
ing "arrow wood stream." 
Whipple; peak in the Monument range, California, named for Lieutenant Whipple, 
of the Pacific railroad explorations. 
Whiskah; river of Grays harbor, Washington. An Indian word meaning "stinking 
water. ' ' 
Whitakers; town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, named for a family 
numerous in the State. 
White; county in Arkansas, named for the river which forms the eastern boundary. 
White; branch of the Green River in Colorado and eastern Utah, so named because 
of the white cliffs of its canyon. 
White; county in Georgia, named for the Rev. George White. 
White; counties in Illinois and Indiana, named for Col. Isaac White, killed at Tippe- 
canoe, 1811. 
White; rivers in Indiana and South Dakota. A translation of the name originally 
given by the French, riviere /" blanche. 
White; city in Morris County, Kansas, named for F. C. White, superintendent of 
the Union Pacific Southern Branch. 
White; river in Minnesota, so named because of the color of the water. 
White; river in Nebraska, so named because the soil near its head is white clay. 
White; county in Tennessee, named for Hugh L. White, a pioneer settler of Knox- 
ville. 
White Bluffs; town in Dickson County, Tennessee, named for the White Bluff Iron 
Forge, which was formerly in operation near the present town site. 
White Castle; town in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, named for the large, white plan- 
tation house visible from the river. 
White Cloud; towns in Mills County, Iowa, ami Doniphan County, Kansas, named 
for the Indian chief, Mahu-ska. 
White Creek; town in Washington County, New York, named from the creek, 
whose bed is formed of white quartz pebbles. 
White Deer; creek in Union County, Pennsylvania. A translation of its Indian 
name, ivoaptuchanne. 
Whiteface; mountain peak near Lake Placid in Essex County, New York, so called 
because of the white appearance of the rock of its upper part. 
Whitefield; towns in Lincoln County, Maine, and Coos County, New Hampshire, 
named for the Rev. George Whitefield. 
Whitehall; town in Bladen County, North Carolina, named for an old resident. 
White Haven; borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named for Josiah White. 
Whiteheath; town in Piatt County, Illinois, named for two early residents, White 
and Heath. 
White Pigeon; village in St. Joseph County, Michigan, named for an Indian chief. 
White Pine; county in Nevada, so named because of the trees of this species grow- 
ing there. 
