County Name Origins of the United StatesMcFarland, 2001 - 665 pages This massive reference work supplies the origins of all county (and parish) names in the United States. It is organized into 49 chapters, covering the 48 states with counties and the one state (Louisiana) with parishes (Alaska, with no comparable subdivisions, is omitted), each giving the counties in alphabetical order and ending with its own bibliography. Each entry, rich with historical details, explains the origins of its name. Among the diverse origins are such things as presidents, rivers, Indian tribes and military heroes. A general bibliography and full index complete this reference work. |
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... manner in which Bannack Indians wore tufts of hair thrown back from their foreheads . The tribe's name is also rendered as Bannock and it was this version that was used when the county's name was selected . The Scottish word bannock ...
... manner in which Bannack Indians wore tufts of hair thrown back from their foreheads . The tribe's name is also rendered as Bannock and it was this version that was used when the county's name was selected . The Scottish word bannock ...
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... manner in which they had been received by the local Indians . The French word amitie means “ friendship . ” However , in a 1939 Louisiana State University doctoral thesis on Indian place names in Mississippi , Lea L. Seale suggests the ...
... manner in which they had been received by the local Indians . The French word amitie means “ friendship . ” However , in a 1939 Louisiana State University doctoral thesis on Indian place names in Mississippi , Lea L. Seale suggests the ...
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... Manners , Duke of Rutland & Marquis of Granby . The article tells us that this John Manners was " ... a Privy Councillor and Lord Jus- tice of England . He had the honor of being bearer of the Queen's Sceptre with the Cross at two ...
... Manners , Duke of Rutland & Marquis of Granby . The article tells us that this John Manners was " ... a Privy Councillor and Lord Jus- tice of England . He had the honor of being bearer of the Queen's Sceptre with the Cross at two ...
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