Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Names of the States.

ANoA4SC Va ShN oSutNSs
A correspondent having inquired why
States are called by their present names,
what are their derivation and mean
an exchange answers as follows:
Naine-So called from the province of
Inc, in France in compliment to Queen
rietta, of England, who, it has been
owned that province. This is the
monly received opinion.
ew Hampshire-Named by John Ma
in 1889 (who with another obtained
grant from the CROWN, from Hampshire
unity, in England. The former name OF
domain was Laconia.
Vermont-From the French verd mont,
green mountain, indicative of the
ountainous nature of the State. The
Ame was first officially recognized January
1777.
Observation-Disclosures name, signifying
the country about the great hills
Rhode Island-This name was adopted
1914 from the Island of Rhodes in the
Mediterranean, because of its resemblance
that island.
Connecticut-Thi is the English orthog
Apply of the Indian word Quon- el-ta-cut,
khch signifies 1.-THE long river"
New York-Named by the Duke of \ ork,
nier color of the title given him by the
English crown in 1854
New Jersey-So called in honor of
kH George Carteret, who was Governor
the Island of Jersey, in the British
hannel
pennsylvania-From William Penn, the
lnder of the colony, meaning 'Penn's
pods"
Deleware-In honor Of Thomas West,
I'd della Ware, who visited the bay, and
I'D there, in 1910.
Maryland = After Henrietta Maria,
1een of Charles L., of England
Virginia-So called in honor OF Queen
EIzabeth, the virgin queen" in whose
tign Sir Walter Raleigh made the first at
pmpt to colonize that region.
North and South Carolina were original
in one tract, called "Carolana, after
Charles TX, of France, in 1904 Suisse
uently, in 1865, the name was altered to
aroina.
Georgia-So called in honor OF George
l., Of England who established colony
0 that region in 1889.
Florida-Ponced de Leon, who discovered
tbs portion of North America in l5l2,
hamed it Floriday in commemoration OF
the day he landed there, which was the
PsQuas de Flores Of the Spaniards, or
Feast of Flowers" otherwise known as
Easter Sunday
Acknowledgement portion Of Missis-
sippi Territory, admitted into the Union as
a State in 1919. The name is of Indian
origin, signifying Here we rest, "
Mississippi Formerly portion of the
province Of Louisiana So named in loOo
from the great river on the western hnc,
The term is of Indian origin, meaning
long river"
Louisiana-From Louis XIV, OF France,
who for some time prior to 1853 owned the
territory.
Arkansas-From Kansas the Indian
word for " smoky water" with the trench
prefix are bow.
Tennessee-Indian for " the river OF the
Big BEND" i. e., the Mississippi, which Is
It's western boundary.
Kentucky-Indian FOR "at the head OF
the river"
Ohio-From the Indian, meaning
beautiful Previously applied TO the
rlVer which traverses greater part OF It's
borders.
,'lenlSdH-GreNlOusiJ dPplIS" W -
lake, the Indian name for fish-weir. 80
called from the fancied resemblance OF the
axe to fish-trap.
Indiana-So called in 1902 from the
american Indians.
lllinois--From the Indian "illini, men,
and the French suffix ''ois," together sig
li.ylng tribe of men,
Wlsconsin-Indian term for Wild
rushing channel"
Missouri-Named in l62i from the great
branch of the Mississippi which DoWs
dy'
iowa-From the Indian, signlfying the
afowsy ones"
Minnesota-Indian for cloudy water.
California-The name given by Cortes,
me dlscoverer of that region. lie propaply
obtained it from an old Spanish romance,
y which an imaginary island OF that Aaihe
Is aescribedas Astounding in gold
Oregon-According to some, from tne
indian oregon, ''riyer of the west. otiiers
consider it derived from the Spanish ore
sano,' wild maijoram, which grows aDuh'
-altiy on the Pacific coast