COUNTY LISTING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AWARD County ID Etymology AL Autauga Named after the village of Atagi; from the Creek word for ""Land of Plenty""" AL Cherokee Named after the Cherokee tribe; from the Chickasaw word for ""cave people""" AL Choctaw Named after the Choctaw tribe; refers to having a flattened head AL Colbert Named after the Colbert brothers, George and Levi, who were Chickasaw leaders" AL Conecuh "Muscogee word meaning either ""land of cane"" or possibly ""polecat''s head""" AL Coosa Named after the town of Coosa; from the Indian word for ""rippling""" AL Escambia Believed to be a Choctaw word meaning ""cane-brake"" or ""reed-brake""" AL Etowah "Etowah is the Catawba word meaning ""pine tree""" AL Mobile Named after the Maubila or Moila tribe; possibly meaning ""to paddle""" AL Talladega From the Cree words ""talwa"" for ""town"", and ""atigi"" for ""border"" - a town located on the boundary between the Creek and Natchez tribes" AL Tallapoosa From the Choctaw word meaning ""pulverized rock""" AL Tuscaloosa Named after the Black Warrior River, which was Choctaw chief Black Warrior; from the Choctaw words ""tashka"" for ""warrior"" and ""lusa for ""black""" AL Arkansas Named after the Arkansa tribe, called ""ugakhpah"" for ""downstream people""" AR Mississippi From the Algonquin words ""missi"" for ""great"" and ""seepee"" for ""water""" AR Ouachita Named after the Ouachita River, which was Washita Indian tribe, the ""people of the clear sparkling waters""" AZ Apache Named after the Apache tribe, meaning ""enemy""" AZ Cochise Named after Cochise, the Chiricahua Apache leader" AZ Coconino Named after the Coconino tribe, a Hopi designation for Havasupai and Yavapai tribes; from the Havasupai word for ""Little Water""" AZ Maricopa Named after the Maricopa tribe AZ Mohave Named after the Mohave tribe one of the Yuma tribes; meaning ""three mountains""" AZ Navajo Named after the Navajo tribe, meaning ""enemies hiding hole""" AZ Pima Named after the Pima Native American people, called in their own language Akimel O''odam (river people)" AZ Pinal Named after the Pinal Mountains and the Pinal tribe, a band of Coyotero Apaches; means ""deer""" AZ Yavapai Named for Yavapai tribe, meaning ""hill country""" AZ Yuma Named after the Yuma tribe( today called the Quechan), possibly means ""sons of the river""" CA Colusa Named after the Colus tribe that lived on the west side of the Sacramento River CA Inyo Named after the Inyo tribe; means ""dwelling place of the great spirit""" CA Marin Named after the chief of the Licatiut tribe who took the baptized name of ""El Marino"" or ""The Mariner"" and who ran a ferry in San Francisco bay" CA Modoc Named after the Modoc tribe; from the word ""moatokni"" for ""southerners""" CA Mono Named after the Monache tribe, a Shoshonean tribe; probably a shortening of ""monache"" for ""fly people""" CA Napa Named after the extinct Napá Native American tribe, all of whom died in a smallpox epidemic in 1838; from the Patwin word for ""house""" CA Shasta Named after the Sasti Shastika Tsadi tribe; refers to a triple peaked mountain CA Siskiyou Possibly Chinook jargon word for ""bob-tailed horse""" CA Solono Named for Chief Francisco Solano known as Sem Yeto or Sum-Yet-Ho CA Sonoma Named for Chocuyen chief Tso-Noma; possibly meaning ""valley of the moon""" CA Stanislaus Named for a Christianized chief known as Estanislao, baptized and named for Saint Stanislaus" CA Tehama Named for City of Tehama; possible roots include ""high water"" in the dialect of the local Tehama tribe" CA Tuolumne Named for Tuolumne tribe; probably means ""people of the caves"" or ""stone huts""" CA Yolo Named for Yolo, a Patwin tribe; possibly means ""place where rushes grow"" or may be named for chief Yodo or the village of Yodoi" CA Yuba " Possibly named after the Yu-ba tribe of the Maidu people CO Arapahoe Named for Arapaho tribe, probably from the Pawnee word ""tirapihu"" for ""trader""" CO Cheyenne Named for Cheyenne tribe, from the Dakota word meaning ""red talkers""" CO Kiowa Named for Kiowa tribe, a corruption of ""ka-i-gwu"" meaning ""principle people""" CO Auray Named for Ouray, chief of the Uncompahgre Utes, means ""the arrow""" CO Saguache From a Ute word meaning ""blue earth"" or ""water at blue earth""" CO Yuma Named for Yuma tribe, possibly meaning ""sons of the river""" FL Alachua "A word meaning ""sinkhole"" in either the Muskogee or Timucua language or the Creek word ""luchuwa"" for ""jug"" meaning ""chasm""" FL Indian River Named for Indian River, originally named Rio de Ais after the Ais Indian tribe, who lived along the east coast of Florida" FL Okaloosa "For the Choctaw words ""oka"" meaning ""water"" and ""lusa"" meaning ""black""" FL Okeechobee From the Hitchiti (a Muskogean tribe) words ""oki"" meaning ""water"""" and ""chobi"" meaning ""big"", a reference to Lake Okeechobee" FL Osceola Named after Ashi Vaholo or Osceola, the leader who led the Second Seminole War; means ""black drink hallower""" FL Sarasota From a Calusa word which means ""point of rocks""" FL Seminole Named after the Seminole tribe; means ""runaway"" or ""separate ones""" FL Suwannee Named for Suwannee River; the river banks were inhabited by the Timucuan people, who named it Sawni, meaning ""Echo River""" FL Wakulla Possibly from a Timucuan word meaning ""spring of water"" or another word meaning ""mystery""" GA Catoosa Named for Catoosa, a Cherokee chief" GA ChattahoocheeNamed after the Chattahoochee River which was the Creek Indian word for ""painted rock"" or ""picture rock""" GA Cherokee Named after the Cherokee tribe, from the Chickasaw word for ""cave people""" GA Coweta Named after the Coweta Indians, a group of Creek Indians that lived in and around the city of Coweta; possibly meaning ""falls""" GA Muscogee Named after the Muscogee tribe also known as the Creek tribe GA Oconee Named for Oconee River; from a Cherokee word for ""the place of springs"" or ""the water eyes of the hills""" GA Seminole Named after the Seminole tribe; means ""runaway"" or ""separate ones""" IA Appanoosa Named for Appanoose, a chief of the Sac and Fox tribes who headed the peace party during the Black Hawk War" IA Black Hawk Named for Black Hawk, the Sac and Fox chief who led a revolt against resettlement of his tribe in the Black Hawk War" IA Cherokee Named after the Cherokee tribe; from the Chickasaw word for ""Cave People""" IA Chickashaw Named after the Chickasaw tribe IA Iowa Named after the Iowa River and the Iowa tribe; means ""sleepy or drowsy ones""" IA Keokuk Named for Kiyokaga, chief of the Sacs and Foxes; means ""he who moves around alert""" IA Mahaska Named for Mahaska, a chief of the Iowa tribe; means ""white cloud""" IA Monona "May be named for an Indian maiden who jumped off a cliff believing her tribesmen had killed her white lover IA Muscatine Named after the Mascoutin tribe; possibly meaning ""burning island""" IA Osceola Named after Ashi Vaholo or Osceola, the leader who led the Second Seminole War; means ""black drink hallower""" IA Pocahontas Named for Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan; means ""playful""" IA PottawattamieNamed for Potawatomi tribe; from Algonquin word ""Pottawatomink"" meaning ""people of the place of fire""" IA Powershiek Named for Powishika, a Fox and Sacs chief who supported peace in the Black Hawk War; means ""he who shakes something off himself """ IA Sac Named for Sac or Sauk tribe; means ""outlet""" IA Sioux Named for Sioux tribe; from the Ojibjway word ""nadovessioux"", for ""snakes"" or ""enemies""" IA Tama Probably named for Taomah, the wife of Powesheik, or one of several other chiefs or wives of the same name" IA Wapello Named for Wapello, a chief of the Fox tribe who fought in the Black Hawk War; means ""he of the morning""" IA Winnebago Named for Winnebago tribe; means ""people of the stinking waters""" IA Winneshiek Named for Winneshiek, a chief of the Winnebago tribe; ""sheik"" means ""leader""" ID Bannock Named after the Bannack tribe; means ""hair in backwards motion"" referring to the lock of hair worn tossed back over the head" ID Benewah Named for a chief of the Coeur d''Alene tribe ID Kootenai Named after the Kutenai tribe; means ""water people""" ID Latah Named for Latah Creek, which is named for a Nez Perce term for ""the place of pine trees and pestle""" ID Minidoka "Either from the Dakota Sioux word for ""a fountain or spring of water"" or the Shoshoni word for ""broad expanse""" ID Nez Perce Named for Nez Perce tribe, from the French words for ""pierced nose""" ID Shoshone Named for Shoshone tribe ID Teton Named for Teton mountain range, which was Teton tribe; means ""people of the praries""" IL Iroquois Named after the Iroquois Six Nations IL Kankakee Named after the Kankakee River, which was Kankakee tribe; possibly from the Mohegan word for ""wolf place""" IL Macoupin Named for a Native American word, ""macoupin,"" probably referring to an edible root like a potato" IL Peoria Named for Peoria tribe, an Illiniwek people who lived there; means ""he who comes carrying a pack on his back""" IL Sangamon Named after the Sangamon River, from a Pottawatomie word meaning ""where there is plenty to eat"" or ""good hunting grounds""" IL Wabash Named for Wabash River, which is from the Miami language, meaning ""shines like white"" or ""white water""" IL Winnebago Named for Winnebago tribe; means ""people of the stinking waters""" IN Delaware Named after the Delaware tribe, who took their name from the proprietors of the state of Delaware, the Lords De La Warr" IN Elkhart Named for Elkhart tribe or for a chief ""Elk''s heart,"" who is usually described as being Shawnee or Potawatomi" IN Miami Named after the Miami tribe; from the Ottawa word for ""mother""" IN Wabash Named for Wabash River, which is from the Miami language, meaning ""it shines like white""" KS Cherokee Named after the Cherokee tribe; from the Chickasaw word for ""Cave People""" KS Cheyenne Named after the Cheyenne tribe, from the Dakota word meaning ""red talkers""" KS Comanche Named after the Comanche tribe; possibly from the Spanish ""camino ancho"" meaning ""broad trail"" refering to riding spread out, not single file" KS Kiowa Named after the Kiowa tribe, a corruption of ""ka-i-gwu"" meaning ""principle people""" KS Miami Named after the Miami tribe; from the Ottawa word for ""mother""" KS Nemaha Named for Nemaha River, which was Nemaha tribe; means ""muddy water""" KS Neosho Named for Neosho River, from the Indian word for ""clear cold water""" KS Osage Named for Osage River, which was Osage tribe, a French corruption of ""waz-hazhe"" meaning ""people""" KS Ottawa Named for Ottawa tribe, from the word ""adawa"" meaning ""trader""" KS Pawnee Named for Pawnee tribe, probably from the Sioux word ""pani"" refering to red bird feathers" KS Pottawatomie Named for Potawatomi tribe; from Algonquin word ""Pottawatomink"" meaning ""people of the place of fire""" KS Republic Named for Republican River, which was Pawnee Republic which once existed near the river" KS Shawnee Named for Shawnee tribe, a contraction of the word ""shawanog"" for ""southerners""" KS Wabaunsee Named for Wabaunsee, a chief of the Potawatomi tribe; means ""uncertain""" KS Wichita Named for Wichita or Ouachita tribe KS Wyandotte Named for Wyandotte tribe; possibly meaning ""people who live on the peninsula""" LA Avoyelles Named after the Avoyel Native tribe; means ""flint people""" LA Caddo Named after the Caddo tribe; means ""real chiefs""" LA Calcasieu Named for chief Atakapa, meaning ""crying eagle""" LA Catahoula Named after Catahoula Lake, from the Tensas word ""cata cola"" meaning ""big, clear lake""" LA Natchitoches Named for Natchitoches tribe; means ""paw paw eaters""" LA Ouachita Named for Ouachita tribe; means ""people of the clear sparkling waters""" LA Plaquemines "A word meaning ""persimmons"" created from the Louisiana Creole French and the Mobile tribal language" LA St. Tammany Named after the legendary Indian Chief Tamanend of the Delaware tribe; means ""friendly""" LA Tangipahoa Named for Tangipahoa tribe; from the Acolapissa words ""tanchapi"" meaning ""cornstalk"" and ""ayua"" meaning ""gather"" - ""corn gatherers""" LA Tensas Named for Tensas or Taensa tribe MD Allegany From the Lenape word ""oolikhanna"" meaning ""beautiful stream""" MD Wicomico Named for Wicomico River; from the Lenape phrase ""wicko mekee"" meaning ""a place where houses are built"" or ""settlement""" ME Androscoggin Named after the Amasaguntilook tribe; means ""spear fishing""" ME Aroostok From the Algonquian word meaning ""clear river""" ME Kennebec Named after the Kennebec River, which is from the Algonquian word meaning ""long lake""" ME Penobscot Named for Penobscot tribe; means ""rocky place"" or ""river of rocks""" ME Piscataquis "An Abenaki word meaning ""rapid waters"" or ""divided tidal river""" ME Sagadahoc Named for a Native American word meaning mouth of big river MI Allegan "A shorterned version of Allegany, from word ""Oolikhanna"" meaning ""beautiful stream""" MI Cheboygan From an Ojibwe word ""zhaabonigan"" meaning ""sewing needle"" orpossibly from ""Chabwegan"" meaning ""a place of ore""" MI Chippewa Named after the Chippewa or Ojibwe tribe; means ""to pucker up"" referring to puckered toe moccasins" MI Gogebic From the Ojibwe word ""bic"" meaning ""rock""" MI Huron Named for Lake Huron, which was Huron tribe" MI Iosco "An Indian word meaning ""water of light"" or ""shining water"" used by Henry Schoolcraft to refer to the local Indian men and boys" MI Kalamazoo Named after the Kalamazoo River, from the Potawatomi word ""negikanamazo"" wmeaning ""otter tail"" or ""stones like otters""" MI Keweenaw From the Ojibwe word ""gakiiwe-wewaning"" meaning ""portage""" MI Manistee Named after the Manistee River, which in turn is from the Ojibwe word ""ministigweyaa"" meaning ""river at whose mouth there are islands""" MI Mecosta Named for Potawatomi chief Mecosta; means ""bear cub""" MI Menominee Named after the Menominee tribe; means ""wild rice eaters""" MI Missaukee Named for Missaukee, an Ottawa leader who signed land-grant treaties in 1831 and 1833" MI Muskegum Named after the Muskegon River, from the Ojibwe word ""mashkiigoong"" meaning ""in the swamp"" or ""in the marsh""" MI Newaygo Named for a Chippewa leader who signed the Saginaw Treaty of 1819; probably means ""much water""" MI Ogemaw From the Ojibwe word ""ogimaa"" meaning ""chief"" or ""leader""" MI Ontonagon Named for river called Nantounagon on an early French map; from an Indian word for ""lost dish"" or ""fishing place""" MI Osceola Named after Ashi Vaholo or Osceola, the leader who led the Second Seminole War; means ""black drink hallower""" MI Ottawa Named for Ottawa tribe; from the word ""adawe"" which means ""to trade"" or ""trader""" MI Saginaw Named for Sauk or Sac tribe; from the Ojibway word ""sace-nong"" meaning ""Sauk place""" MI Sanilac Named for a Wyandotte chief named Sanilac MI Shiawassee Named for Shiawassee River, from the Indian word meaning ""river that twists about""" MI Washtenaw From the Chippewa word ""o-wash-ten-nong"" meaning ""river that is far off""" MN Anoka From the Dakota word for ""on both sides of the river""" MN Chippewa Named after the Chippewa River, from the Ojibwe word meaning ""to pucker up"" referring to puckered toe moccasins" MN Chisago Named after Chisago Lake, the largest lake in the county; from the Indian words ""kichi"" for ""Large"", and ""saga"" for ""fair"" (dropping the first syllables)" MN Dakota Named after the Dakota tribe; means ""friend"" or ""ally""" MN Isanti Named after the Izatys tribe (now called Santees; means ""knife"" or ""one who makes knives""" MN Kanabec Named after the Snake River, which flows through the area; ""kanabec ""is the Ojibwa word for ""snake""" MN Kandiyohi From the Dakota word meaning ""where the buffalo fish come""" MN Koochiching From the Cree word of uncertain meaning given by Ojibwas to Rainy River, which flows through the county" MN Mahnomee From the Ojibwa word for ""wild rice""" MN Wabasha Named after a three-generation line of Sioux chiefs named Wabasha MN Wadena Named after the Wadena Trading Post; from the Ojibway word for little round hill""" MN Waseca From the Dakota word for ""rich in provisions"" or the Sioux word for ""fertile""" MN Watonwan From the Dakota word for ""where fish or fish bait abounds""" MN Winona Named after a Dakota woman, who was a cousin of the last of three chiefs named Wabasha; a diminutive of ""wino"" meaning ""woman""" MN Yellow Medicine From the Dakota name for the river, ""pajutazee""; ""huta"" meaning ""root"" and ""zi"" meaning ""yellow"", for the yellow root of the moonseed plant" MO Mississippi Named after the Mississippi River, from the Algonquin words ""missi"" for ""great"" and ""seepee"" for ""water""" MO Nodaway Named for Nodaway River; from the Potawatomi word for ""placid""" MO Osage Named for Osage tribe, a French corruption of ""waz-hazhe"" meaning ""people""" MO Pemiscot From the Indian word meaning ""liquid mud""" MS Attala Named for Attala or Atala, a fictional Indian heroine from an early 19th Century novel by François-René de Chateaubriand" MS Chickasaw Named after the Chickasaw tribe MS Choctaw Named after the Choctaw tribe; refers to having a flattened head MS Coahoma Named for Sweet Coahoma, the daughter of the last Chocktaw in the area; means ""red panther""" MS Copiah From an Indian word meaning ""calling panther""" MS Issaquena From the Indian word meaning ""deer river""" MS Itawamba Named for Levi Colbert, a Chickasaw leader who was called ""Itte-wamba Mingo,"" meaning ""bench chief""" MS Leflore Named for a Choctaw leader named Greenwood LeFlore MS Neshoba From the Choctaw word meaning ""grey wolf""" MS Noxebee From the Indian word meaning ""stinking water""" MS Oktibbeha From the Indian word meaning either ""bloody water"" (because of a battle fought on the banks) or possibly ""icy creek""" MS Panola From the Indian word meaning ""cotton""" MS Pontotoc Named for a Chickasaw leader called Pontotoc; means ""weed prairie""" MS Tallahatchie Named for Tallahatchie River, the main tributary of the Yazoo River; means ""river of the rock""" MS Tippah Named for Tippah, wife of Pontotoc, an important Chickasaw leader; means ""cut""" MS Tishomingo Named for a Chickasaw leader; means ""warrior chief""" MS Tunica Named for Tunica tribe; means ""those who are the people""" MS Yalobusha From the Indian word meaning ""tadpole place""" MS Yazoo Named for Yazoo tribe; means ""to blow an instrument""" MT Flathead Named for Salish Indians; a name shared by several tribes, some who flattened their infants'' heads, and some who had naturally flat heads" MT Missoula From a contraction of the Flathead word ""im-i-sul-e-etiku"" meaning ""by or near the place of fear or ambush"" a reference to Hell Gate Canyon" NC Alleghany From the Lenape word ""oolikhanna"" meaning ""beautiful stream""" NC Catawba Named after the Catawba tribe NC Cherokee Named after the Cherokee tribe; from the Chickasaw word for ""cave people""" NC Chowan Named after the Chowan tribe; means ""they of the South""" NC Currituck From the Indian word for ""wild geese"" also spelled ""coratank""" NC Pamlico Named for Pamlico Sound and the Pamlico tribe NC Pasquotank From the Indian word ""pasketanki"" meaning ""where the current of the stream divides or forks""" NC Perquimans Named for Perquimans tribe NC Watauga Named for Watauga River and the Watauga tribe; means ""beautiful water""" NC Pembina From the Ojibwa phrase ""anepeminan sipi"" referring to the high-bush cranberries which grew wild in the area" ND Sioux Named for Sioux tribe; from the Ojibjway word ""nadovessioux"", for ""snakes"" or ""enemies""" NE Cheyenne Named after the Cheyenne tribe, from the Dakota word meaning ""red talkers""" NE Dakota Named after the Dakota tribe; means ""friend"" or ""ally""" NE Keya Paha "Dakota words ""ké-ya pa-há wa-kpá"" meaning ""turtle hill river""" NE Nemaha "An Otoe word meaning ""muddy water"" for a stream that crossed the county and emptied into the Missouri River" NE Otoe Named for Otoe tribe, from ""whatohtana"" for ""those who make love"" referring to a band who broke off when a marriage proposal was refused by the brides father" NE Pawnee Named for Pawnee tribe, probably from the Sioux word ""pani"" refering to red bird feathers" NE Sioux Named for Sioux tribe; from the Ojibjway word ""nadovessioux"", for ""snakes"" or ""enemies""" NH Coos From the word meaning ""crooked"" referring to a bend in the Connecticut River." NH Merrimack Named after the Merrimack River, from ""merruasquamack"" meaning ""swift water place""" NJ Passaiic "For ""passajeek"" meaning ""valley""" NM Otero From the Tiwa word ""tuota"" meaning ""red willow place"" or the word ""tuatah"" meaning ""at the village""" NV Washoe Named for Washoe tribe, originally spelled ""wassou"" or ""wassuu"" meaning ""tall bunchgrass"" or ""eyegrass""" NY Allegany From the Lenape word ""oolikhanna"" meaning ""beautiful stream""" NY Cattaraugus From the Seneca word meaning ""bad smelling banks"" referring to the odor of natural gas which leaked from local rock formations" NY Cayuga Named after the Cayuga tribe NY Chautauqua Named for a Seneca word meaning ""where the fish was taken out""" NY Chemung Named for a Delaware tribe village NY Chenango "An Onondaga word meaning ""large bull-thistle""" NY erie Named after the Erie tribe, known as the ""cat nations;"" from the word meaning ""long tail"" referring to the wildcat" NY Genesee Named for a Seneca phrase meaning ""good valley"" or ""beautiful valley""" NY Niagara From a word meaning ""bisected bottom lands""" NY Oneida Named for Oneida tribe, meaning ""standing stone people""" NY Onondaga Named for Onondaga tribe, meaning ""on the top of""" NY Ontario From the Iroquois word meaning ""beautiful lake""" NY Oswego From an Iroquois word meaning ""the outpouring"" referring to the mouth of the Oswego River" NY Otsego From an Indian word meaning ""place of the rock""" NY Saratoga From a corruption of the word ""sah-rah-ka"" or ""sarach-togue"" meaning ""the hill beside the river""" NY Schenectady From a Mohawk phrase meaning ""on the other side of the pine lands""" NY Schoharie From a Mohawk word meaning ""floating driftwood""" NY Seneca Named for Seneca tribe; means ""the great hill people""" NY Tioga Named after the Indian village; means ""at the forks"" describing a meeting place" NY Wyoming From a modified Delaware word meaning ""broad bottom lands""" OH Ashtabula Named after the Ashtabula River, from the Algonquian word for ""river of many fish""" OH Auglaise Named after the Auglaize River, from an Indian word meaning ""fallen timbers""" OH Coshocton From the Delaware word ""cush-og-wenk"" meaning ""black bear town"" or ""coshoc-gung"" meaning ""union of waters""" OH Cuyahoga Named after the Cuyahoga River, from an Indian word meaning ""crooked""" OH Delaware Named after the Delaware tribe, who took their name from the proprietors of the state of Delaware, the Lords De La Warr" OH Erie Named after the Erie tribe, known as the ""cat nations;"" from the word meaning ""long tail"" referring to the wildcat" OH Geauga From the Indian word for ""raccoon""" OH Hocking From the Delaware words ""hockhock"" for ""gourd"" or ""bottle"" and ""ing"" meaning ""place"" referring to the place where the river assumes the shape of a bottle" OH Huron Named after the Huron tribe, from the Indian word for ""straight locks, like bristles of a wild boar"" referring to stiff bristled hair worn along the top of the head" OH Mahoning Named after the Mahoning River, from the Indian word ""mahoni"" meaning ""a salt lick"" or ""mahonink"" meaning ""at the lick""" OH Miami Named after the Miami tribe; from the Ottawa word for ""mother""" OH Muskingum From the Indian word meaning ""by the river''s edge"" or ""moose-eye river""" OH Ottawa Named for Ottawa tribe, from the word ""adawa"" meaning ""trader""" OH Pickaway Named for Piqua tribe; means ""as he is""" OH Sandusky From the Iroquois word ""sandoos-tie"" meaning ""cold water""" OH Sciota From the Wyandot word meaning ""deer""" OH Seneca Named for Seneca tribe; means ""the great hill people""" OH Tuscarawas Named for Tuscarawas River, from the Indian word for ""open mouth""" OH Wyandot Named for Wyandot tribe; possibly meaning ""people who live on the peninsula""" OK Adair Named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe OK Atoka Named for Atoka, a Choctaw leader" OK Caddo Named after the Caddo tribe; means ""real chiefs""" OK Cherokee Named after the Cherokee tribe; from the Chickasaw word for ""cave people""" OK Choctaw Named after the Choctaw tribe; refers to having a flattened head OK Creek Named after the Creek tribe OK Delaware Named after the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation OK Garvin Named for Samuel Garvin, a Chickasaw leader" OK Kiowa Named after the Kiowa tribe, a corruption of ""ka-i-gwu"" meaning ""principle people""" OK Le Flore Named for a Choctaw leader named Greenwood LeFlore OK Mayse Named for Cherokee leader Samuel H. Mayes OK McCurtain Named after the Choctaw McCurtain family OK McIntosh Named after the Creek McIntosh family OK Muskogee Named after the Muscogee tribe OK Okfuskee Named for a Creek town located on the Talahoosa River in Alabama OK Okmulgee From the Creek word for ""Boiling Water""." OK Osage Named for the Osage Indian Reservation, inhabited by the Osage Nation" OK Ottawa Named for Ottawa tribe, from the word ""adawa"" meaning ""trader""" OK Pawenee Named for Skidi Pawnee tribe OK Pontotoc Named for a Chickasaw chief; means ""cat tails growing on the prairie""" OK Pottawatomie Named for Potawatomi tribe; from Algonquin word ""Pottawatomink"" meaning ""people of the place of fire""" OK Pushmataha Named after the Choctaw chief Apushmatacha; means ""the sapling is ready for him""" OK Seminole Named after the Seminole tribe; means ""runaway"" or ""separate ones""" OK Sequoyah Named after the Cherokee leader Sequoyah OK Tulsa Named after the Creek town, from the Creek word ""tulwa""" OR Clackamas Named after the Clackamas tribe OR Clatsop Named after the Clatsop tribe, one of the many Chinook tribes living in Oregon; means ""dried salmon""" OR Coos Named after the Coos tribe, from the word ""cohos"" meaning ""place of pines""" OR Klamath Named after the Klamath or Clamitte tribe, which has had a presence for 10,000 years" OR Multnomah Named after the Multnomah tribe; from ""nematlnomaq"" probably meaning ""downriver""" OR Tillamook Named for Tillamook tribe (originally Killamook); means ""people of the nekelim""" OR Umatilla Named for Umatilla tribe OR Wallowa From the Nez Perce word for ""tripod of poles used to support fish nets""" OR Wasco Named for Wasco or Wascopam tribe; means ""cup or bowl made of horn""" OR Yamhill Named for Yamhelas, members of the Kalapuya tribe who lived along the Yamhill River" PA Allegheny Named after the Allegheny River, from the Lenape word ""oolikhanna"" meaning ""beautiful stream""" PA Delaware Named after the Delaware River, which was Delaware tribe, who took their name from the proprietors of the state of Delaware, the Lords De La Warr" PA Erie Named after the Erie tribe, known as the ""cat nations;"" from the word meaning ""long tail"" referring to the wildcat" PA Juniata Named after the Juniata River, from an indian word meaning ""people of the standing stone""" PA Lackawanna Named after the Lackawanna River, from an Indian word meaning ""stream that forks""" PA Lehigh Named after the Lehigh River, from the Indian word ""lechauwekink"" meaning ""where there are forks in the stream""" PA Montour Named for Madame Montour, a French-Indian woman involved in Indian affairs as a translator" PA Susquehanna Named for Susquehanna River, from an Algonquian word meaning ""muddy water""" PA Tioga Named after the Indian village; means ""at the forks"" describing a meeting place" PA Venango From the Indian word ""onenge"" meaning ""otter""" PA Wyoming From a modified Delaware word meaning ""broad bottom lands"" or ""meadows""" SC Oconee From the Indian word for ""place of the springs"" or ""water eyes of the hills""" SC Saluda Named for Saluda River, which was saluda tribe" ND Brule Named for a band of Sioux, from the Pawnee word ""sicangu"" meaning ""burned thighs"" translated to ""brule"" which means ""burned"" in French" SD Minnehaha From an Indian word meaning ""river waterfall""" SD Yankton Named for Yankton tribe, a corruption of the Sioux word ""ihanktonwan"" for ""end village""" TN Obion Named for Obion River, from the Indian word for ""many prongs"" or ""many forks""" TN Sequatchie From the Cherokee word meaning ""opossum, he grins or runs""" TN Unicoi From the Indian word for the southern Appalachian Mountains, probably meaning ""white"" or ""fog-draped""" TX Angelina Named for a Hainai woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them TX Cherokee Named after the Cherokee tribe; from the Chickasaw word for ""Cave People""" TX Comanche Named after the Comanche tribe; possibly from the Spanish ""camino ancho"" meaning ""broad trail"" refering to riding spread out, not single file" TX Nacogdoches Named after the Nacogdoches tribe TX Panola From the Indian word meaning ""cotton""" TX Wichita Named for Wichita or Ouachita tribe UT Juab From an Indian word meaning ""valley"" or ""thirsty valley""" UT Piute Named after the Piute tribe, from the word ""pai"" for ""water"" and ""ute"" the tribe''s name" UT Sanpete "May be named for San Pitch, a Ute leader UT Tooele Named for Tuilla, an Indian chief" UT Uintah Named for Ute tribe, known as ""Yugwintats"" meaning ""pinelands""" UT Utah Named for Ute tribe, who were called Utes by the Apaches and Navajos meaning ""hill dwellers"" or ""upper people""" UT Wasatch From the Ute word meaning ""mountain pass""" VA Accomack From the Indian word describing the Eastern Shore as ""accawmacke""meaning ""across the water place""" VA Alleghany From the indian word ""Oolikhanna"" meaning ""beautiful stream""" VA Appomattox Named after the Appomattox River, which was Appamatucks tribe" VA Nottoway Named after the Nadowa tribe, meaning ""rattlesnake"" in the sense of an untrustworthy enemy" VA Powhatan Named for Wahunsunacock, called Powhatan, chief of the Powhatan tribe; means ""falls In a current of water""" VA Rappahannock Named for Rappahannock River, which was Rappahannock tribe; means ""alternating river"" or ""river affected by tides""" VA Roanoke Named for Roanoke River, from the Indian word for ""a shell used for money""" VA Shanandoah Named for Shenandoah River, from an Indian word meaning ""beautiful daughter of the stars""" WA Asotin From the Nez Perce word meaning ""eel creek""" WA Chelan From an Indian word meaning ""deep water"" probably referring to Lake Chelan" WA Clallam From the Klallam word meaning ""brave people"" or ""strong people""" WA Cowlitz From a Cowlitz word meaning ""seeker"" in the spiritual sense" WA Kitsap Named for Kitsap, a chief of the Suquamish tribe; means ""brave""" WA Kittitas From the Indian word meaning ""grey gravel bank""" WA Klickitat Named after the Klickitat tribe of the Yakama Nation; means ""robber""" WA Okanogan From the Salish word meaning ""rendezvous""" WA Pend Oreille Named for Pend Oreille tribe, from the French word for ""ear pendant""" WA Skagit Named for Skagit tribe WA Skamania From the Chinookan word for ""swift river""" WA Snohomish Named for Snohomish tribe; means ""union""" WA Spokane Named for Spokane tribe; means ""chief of the sun""" WA Wahkiakum Named after the Chinook chief Wahkiakum WA Walla Walla Named for Walla Walla tribe; weans ""many waters""" WA Whatcom Named for chief Whatcom of the Nooksack tribe WA Yakima Named for Yakima tribe; means ""black bear""" WI Calumet From the Indian word for ""Pipe""." WI Clark Named after the tribe, means ""To Pucker Up"", referring to puckered toe moccasins." WI Iowa Named after the tribe, means ""Sleepy Ones"" or ""Drowsy Ones""." WI Kenosha From the Indian word for ""Pickerel""." WI Kewaunee From a Chippewa word ""Prairie Hen/Wild Duck""." WI Marathon From the Indian word for ""Spirit Land""." WI Marinette Named for Marinette Chevalier, a French/Chippewa mixed blood." WI Menominee Named after the tribe, means ""Wild Rice Eaters""." WI Milwaukee From the Indian word ""milloke"" meaning ""good land"" or ""gathering place by the water""" WI Oconto From the Indian word for ""Place of the Pickerel"" or ""Red River""." WI Oneida Named after the tribe, means ""Standing Stone People""." WI Outagamie Named for the Outagamie tribe, from the Ojibway word ""meskwaki"" meaning ""fox""" WI Ozaukee Named for what the Chippewas called the Sauk Indians, means ""People of the Outlet""." WI Sauk Named after the tribe, also called Sac." WI Shawano From the Chippewa word for ""South""." WI Sheboygan From the Indian word for ""A Noise Underground""." WI Waukesha From the Pottawotami word for ""Fox""." WI Waupaca From the Indian word for ""White Sand Bottom""." WI Waushara From the Indian word for ""Good Land River""." WI Winnebago Named after the tribe, means ""People of Stinking Water""." WV Kenawha "Has been said to mean ""Hurricane""." WV Logan Named for Chief Logan. WV Mingo From Algonquin ""Mingwe"" meaning ""Stealthy"" or ""Treacherous""." WV Monongalia From the Indian word ""Monongahela"" for ""Falling in River Bank""." WV Ohio From the Indian word for ""Beautiful River""." WV Pocanontas Named for the daughter of Chief Powhatan. WV Wyoming Named after the tribe, means ""Upon the Great Plains""." WY Niobrara Named after the tribe, from the Omaha" WY Teton Named after ""Tee-Win-Oh"" for ""Three Pinacles""." WY Uinta Named after the tribe, said to mean ""Pineland""." WY Washakie Named for a Shoshoni chief who ruled 60 years, means ""Rawhide Rattle""."