gaxxett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 333 
Yemassee; village in Hampton County, South Carolina, named for a former rioted 
Indian tribe. 
Yerba; town in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish word meaning "herb." 
Yoakum; county in Texas, named for H. Yoakum, the Texan historian. 
Yokuns Seat; mountain in the town of Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 
named for an Indian chief. 
Yolo; county in California. From the Indian, meaning "place abounding with 
rushes," or according to another authority, "possession of royal blood." 
Yonkers; city in Winchester County, New York, named lor a manor house buill 
by the Dutch, the word meaning "young lord," and first applied in this country 
to Adrien Van der Douck, a patentee. 
York; county, and town in same county, in Maine, named for the Duke of York, 
James II, of England. 
York; county, and city in same county, in Nebraska, named for a resident family. 
{York; counties in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia; 
Yorktown; town in Y 7 ork County, Virginia. Named from the county in England, 
or for the Duke of York, Charles I, of England. 
Yorkville; village in Kendall County, Illinois, named from New York, the native 
State of most of the settlers. 
Yorkville; town in York County, South Carolina, named from the city in Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Yosemite; valley in California. From uzumaiti, meaning "grizzly hear," the name 
applied by other tribes to the Awani tribe of Indians. 
Youghiogheny; river in Maryland and Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning 
"stream flowing in an opposite direction." 
Young; county in Texas, named for William Cooke Young. 
Youngs; bay and river in Washington, named for Sir Charles Y 7 oung, of the royal 
navy. 
Youngstown; village in Niagara County, New York, named for John Young, a 
merchant of the place. 
Youngstown; city in Mahoning County, Ohio, named for John Young, an early 
resident. 
Youngsville; town in Franklin County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
family. 
Yount; peak in the Yellowstone Park, named for Harry Yount, an early hunter and 
guide. 
Ypsilanti; township and city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, named for Dimitrius 
Y r psilanti, a Greek patriot. 
Yreka; county seat of Siskiyou County, California. The name was made by a trans- 
position of the letters in " bakery." 
Yreka; town in Siskiyou County, California, named for an Indian tribe. 
Yuba; river and county in California. Derived from the original Spanish name of 
the river, el Rio de las Uvas, " the river of the grapes." 
Yucca; station in San Bernardino County, and town in Yuba County, named from 
the abundant growths of the yucca plant. 
Yuma; county, and city in same county, in Arizona, and count . and town in same 
county, in Colorado, named for an Indian tribe, the name meaning "sons of the 
river." 
Zanesfield; village in Logan County, Ohio, named for Col. Isaac Zane. 
Zanesville, city in Ohio, named for Ebenezer Zane, who, with John Mclntire, 
founded the city. 
Zapata; county in Texas, named for a Mexican colonel who led a force of Mexicans 
and Texans against Mexico in 1839. 
