List of Virginia placenames of Native American origin
This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Listings
[edit]Counties
[edit]- Accomack County
- Alleghany County
- Appomattox County
- Nottoway County
- Village of Nottoway
- District of Nottaway
- Nottoway River
- Little Nottoway River
- Nottoway Lake
- Nottoway Swamp
- Powhatan County – named after the Powhatan people.
- Rappahannock County
- Roanoke County
- City of Roanoke
- District of Roanoke
- Roanoke River
- Roanoke Creek
- Roanoke Valley
- Roanoke Mountain
- Shenandoah County
Settlements
[edit]- Accotink
- Accomac
- Achash
- Alcoma
- Amonate
- Appalachia
- Aquia
- Assawoman
- Atoka
- Cana
- Canada
- Catalpa
- Chesapeake
- Chickahominy – named after the Chickahominy people.
- Chickahominy (Hanover County)
- Chickahominy River
- Chickahominy Wildlife Management Area
- Chilhowie
- Chincoteague
- Elko Tract
- Hiwassee
- Keokee
- Konnarock
- Marumsco – from the Algonquin word for "island rock".[1]
- Massanetta Springs
- Matoaca – after Pocahontas's birthname, Matoaka.[2]
- District of Matoaca
- Massanutten
- Massaponax
- Mattaponi – named after the Mattaponi people.
- Meherrin – named after the Meherrin people.
- Merrimac
- Metompkin
- Nassawadox
- Occoquan
- Onancock
- Opequon
- Oriskany
- Passapatanzy[3]
- Pocahontas
- Poquoson
- Potomac Yard
- Pungoteague – from Algonquin word "Pungotekw", meaning "sand fly river".[4]
- Quantico
- Seneca
- Shawnee
- Shockoe Bottom
- Tappahannock
- Tobacco Row
- Totaro
- District of Totaro
- Tuckahoe
- District of Tuckahoe
- Wachapreague
- Wingina
- Zuni
Bodies of water
[edit]- Accokeek Creek
- Assamoosick Swamp
- Big Moccasin Creek
- Catawba Creek
- Catoctin Creek
- Chopawamsic Creek
- Chotank Creek
- Chuckatuck Creek
- Corrotoman River
- Diascund Creek
- Dogue Creek
- Great Wicomico River
- Hyco River
- Keokee Lake
- Lake Manassas
- Little Wicomico River
- Mattox Creek
- Machipongo River
- Maracossic Creek
- Mat River
- Matta River
- Mechums River
- Mechunk Creek
- Namozine Creek
- Nansemond River – named after the Nansemond people.
- Neabsco Creek
- Maggodee Creek
- Ni River
- Occohannock Creek
- Occupacia Creek
- Opequon Creek
- Pamunkey River – named after the Pamunkey people.
- Piankatank River
- Piscataway Creek
- Po River
- Pocaty River
- Pocomoke Sound
- Pohick Creek
- Poni River
- Poropotank River
- Possum Creek
- Powhite Creek
- Pungoteague Creek
- Racoon Creek
- Rowanty Creek
- Sappony Creek
- Ta River
- Tommeheton Creek
- Totuskey Creek
- Upper Chippokes Creek
- Upper Machodoc Creek
- Waqua Creek
- Yeocomico River
Other
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Morello, Carol (February 11, 2011). "As Woodbridge becomes Marumsco, more than the name changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 203.
- ^ Deyo, William "Night Owl" (September 5, 2009). "Our Patawomeck Ancestors" (PDF). Patawomeck Tides. 12 (1): 2–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ "Down Home". Co-opliving.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
Sources
[edit]- Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 080613576X.