328 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Wingohocking; south branch of Frankford Creek, Pennsylvania. An Indian word 
meaning "favorite spot for planting." 
Winhall; town in Bennington County, Vermont, named for its two proprietors, 
Winn and Hall. 
Winkler; county in Texas, named for C. M. Winkler, judge of the State court of 
appeals. 
Winn; parish in Louisiana, named for Gen. Richard Winn, a noted lawyer of the 
State. 
Winnebago; counties in Illinois and Iowa, village in Faribault County, Minnesota, 
and county in Wisconsin, named for a tribe of Indians, the name meaning 
" people of the stinking waters." 
Winnebigoshish; lake in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "turbid water." 
Winneconne; village in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. From an Indian word 
winikaning, " dirty place." 
Winnegance; village in Sagadahoc County, Maine, named from a near-by river. 
An Indian word meaning " beautiful water." 
Winnemucca; town in Humboldt County, and mountain peak and lake in Nevada, 
named for a chief of the Piute Indians. 
Winnepe; lake in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "place of dirty water." 
Winnepesaukee; lake in New Hampshire. An Indian word given various mean- 
ings, "beautiful lake of the highlands," "good water outlet." 
Winneshiek; county in Iowa, named for an Indian chief. 
Winnetka; village in Cook County, Illinois. An Indian word meaning "beautiful 
place." 
Winnsboro; city in Fairfield County, South Carolina, named for Gen. Richard 
Winn, its founder. 
Winona; county, and city in same county, in Minnesota, and town in Montgomery 
County, Mississippi. A Sioux Indian word meaning "first-born daughter." 
Winooski; village in Chittenden County, Vermont. An Indian word meaning 
" beautiful river." 
Winslow; town in Kennebec County, Maine, named for Gen. John Winslow. 
Winsted: borough in Litchfield County, Connecticut. A coined name from Win- 
chester and Barkhamsted, of which towns it was originally a part. 
Winston; county in Alabama, named for John A. Winston, former governor of the 
State. 
Winston; county in Mississippi, named for Col. Louis Winston. 
Winston; city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, named for Joseph Winston, sol- 
dier of the Revolution. 
Winthrop; towns in Kennebec County, Maine, and Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 
named for the Winthrop family, whose founder in America was John Winthrop, 
governor of the Massachusetts colony in 1629. 
Winton; town in Hertford County, North Carolina, named for a member of Congress. 
Winy ah; bay in Georgetown County, South Carolina. A corrupted name of the 
tribe of Winyaw Indians. 
Wirt; county in West Virginia, named for William Wirt, Attorney-General of the 
United States during President Monroe's administration. 
Wisacky; town in Sumter County, South Carolina. A. corruption of the name of the 
Waxhaw Indians. 
Wiscasset; town in Lincoln County, Maine. An Indian word meaning "place of 
the yellow pine." 
Wisconk; river in New Jersey. An Indian word meaning " the elbow." 
Wisconsin; State of the Union, and river tributary to the Mississippi. A Sauk 
Indian word having reference to holes in the banks of a stream, in which birds 
nest. 
