gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 329 
WiscOy; village in Allegany County, and stream in Wyoming County, New York. 
An Indian word meaning "under the banks," or, according to another author- 
ity, "many fall creek." 
Wise; counties in Texas and Virginia, named for Henry A. Wise, a prominent poli- 
tician of Virginia, 
Wissahickon; creek in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian 
word meaning "catfish stream." 
Wissinoming; north branch of Frankford Creek, Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian 
word meaning "where we were frightened." 
Witakantu; lake in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "high islands." 
Withlacoochee; river, and town in Hernando County, Florida. A Seminole Indian 
word meaning "little river," or, according to another authority, "long, narrow 
river." 
Wiwoka; tributary of the Coosa River, Alabama. A Creek Indian word meaning 
"roaring water." 
Woburn; city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts', named from the town in Eng- 
land. 
Wolcott; town in New Haven County, Connecticut, named for Frederick Wolcott. 
Wolcott; town in Wayne County, New York; 
Wolcottville; village in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Named for Oliver Wol- 
cott, secretary of the treasury during the administrations of Presidents Wash- 
ington and Adams. 
Wolf; river in Kansas. A translation of the French name, riviere de hup. 
Wolf; rapids in the Yellowstone River, Montana, so named by Clark because a 
wolf was seen there. 
Wolf; stream in Pennsylvania. From the Indian word tummeink, "where there is 
a wolf." 
Wolfe; county in Kentucky, named for Nathaniel Wolfe, member of the State 
legislature. 
Wolfeboro; town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, named for General Wolfe, 
the hero of Quebec. 
Wolhurst; station in x\rapahoe County, Colorado, named for Senator Wolcott, real 
estate owner. 
Wolverton; creek in California, named for a settler. 
Womelsdorf; borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, named for John Wommels- 
dorf, its founder. 
Wonakaketuk; stream in Vermont. An Indian word meaning "river of otters." 
Wonewoc; village in Juneau County, Wisconsin. A corruption of the Indian word 
wonowag, "they howl," referring to the wolves. 
Wononsco; lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut. A colloquial abbreviation of 
wononscopomuc, an Indian word meaning "bend of the pond land." 
Wood; county in Ohio, named for Col. Eleazer D. Wood, distinguished at the battle 
of Niagara. 
Wood; county in Texas, named for George T. Wood, former governor. 
Wood; county in West Virginia, named for James Wood, an early governor of 
Virginia. 
Wood; county in Wisconsin, named for Joseph Wood, a member of the legislature 
creating the county. 
Woodbridge; village in Hillsdale County, Michigan, named for William Wood- 
bridge, secretary of Michigan Territory. 
Woodbridg-e; town in Bergen County, New Jersey, so named because of the wooded 
ridge rising from the Hackensack meadows. Others say the name was trans- 
ferred from the town in Suffolk, England. 
