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Population in 1940: 13,300. Named for Andrew Scott. This one of the western border counties. It is bounded on the north by Logan and Sebastian counties; on the east by Yell County; on the south by Montgomery and Polk counties, and on the west by the State of Oklahoma. It has an area of 970 square miles, much of which is mountainous, the average ...
Furnas County was named in honor of Robert W. Furnas, former governor of Nebraska. Harlan was name after a nephew of Senator Harlan of Iowa. The nephew was at one time a revenue collector for Nebraska and lived with his family at Republican City, near where he had taken up a tract of land. Remembered Ben Franklin.
John Scott, after whom the county was named, died in Pike county, in November, A.D. 1855. James Scott remaine4d until 1864, and then moved to Macoupin county, where he still resides, the only one of the party now living, and the one from whom I obtained many of the foregoing details.
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Let’s start with the Great Lakes. So, interestingly, only Lake Superior, has the English version of the original French name – Lac Superiour. However, the names of other four lakes have Native American origins, to some degree. What I mean by “some degree” is that for example Lake Huron name comes from a French name of Native American Indian tribe i...
So, let’s continue our investigation with names of states surrounding the lakes… Again, the process of how the names persisted is the same here. The area references came from Indian stories long before any of white explorers had seen them. Then when the explorers and, later, settlers got there, they were in use for so long already, that it would be...
Cheboygan – This Native American word was first applied to the river. The original word may have been Chabwegan– “a place of ore.” Escanaba – Escanaba was the name of an Ojibwa village in this area in the early 19th century. The word Escanabaroughly translates from Ojibwe to “land of the red buck”. Genesse – derived from a Seneca word, je-nis-hi-ye...
Chicago – for the Miami-Illinois word Shikaakwa, meaning wild leek. Peoria – named after the Peoria tribe which used to live in the area. Kankakee – The city’s name is probably derived from the Miami-Illinois word teeyaahkiki, which means: “Open country/exposed land/land in open/land exposed to view,” in reference to the area originally being a mar...
Minnetonka – The name comes from the Dakota Indian mni tanka, meaning “great water” for Mississippi River. The word Mississippi itself comes from Messipi, the French rendering of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Algonquin) name for the river, Misi-ziibi(Great River). Minnesota River – The name Minnesota comes from the Dakota language phrase, Mnisota Mako...
Canandaigua – The name Canandaigua is derived from the Seneca name of its historic village here, spelled variously Kanandarque,Ganandogan, Ga-nun-da-gwa, or Konondaigua. The village was established long before any European Americans came to the area. In a modern transcription, the historic village is rendered as tganǫdæ:gwęh, which means “the chose...
Cuyahoga – The Mohawk form of the name Cayagaga means ‘crooked river’, though it became assimilated to the Seneca name Cuyohaga, meaning ‘place of the jawbone’. The river is in an area mainly settled by the Seneca people in the 18th century, and the Seneca name stuck. Ohio River – from Seneca Ohiyo– ‘the best river’ or ‘the big river’. Sandusky – f...
Allegheny – probably from Lenape welhik hane or oolik hanna, which means “best flowing river of the hills” or “beautiful stream”. Originally the name of the Allegheny River, later used to name the Allegheny Mountains too. Ohiopyle – from the Lenape phrase ahi opihəle, “it turns very white”, referring to the frothy waterfalls. Poconos – from Lenape ...
Kenosha – The Potawatomi originally named the area ginoozhe (also transcribed kenozia, kinoje) – “place of the pike”. Manitowoc – city and county derived from Manitowoc (manidoowag), which is an Ojibwe word meaning spirits. Milwaukee and Milwaukee County – Algonguin word Milliokewhich means “the good land”, or “gathering place by the water”. Anothe...
Mississauga – The name Mississauga comes from the Anishinaabe word Misi-zaagiing, meaning “Those at the Great River-mouth”. Toronto – The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning “place where trees stand in the water”. This refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree sapling...
1849 – Scott County — Named after U.S. Army General Winfield Scott, a hero of the War of 1812 — is formed from parts of Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, and Morgan counties. – Huntsville is established as the county seat based on its centralized location within the county and its proximity to a spring.
Feb 28, 2017 · Otsego County. Otsego County's name is Native American in origin, but it isn't from a local source. It was likely named for a lake and county in New York whose names derived from an Iroquoian word ...
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Mar 27, 2024 · Like any community, Scott County has faced its share of challenges over the years. Economic downturns, natural disasters, and periods of social upheaval tested the resilience of its residents, but ...
