List of Iowa placenames of Native American origin
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Iowa whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Listings
State
Counties
- Allamakee County
- Appanoose County
- Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
- City of Cherokee
- Chickasaw County – named after the Chickasaw people.
- Keokuk County – named after the Sauk chief Keokuk.
- City of Keokuk
- Mahaska County
- Muscatine County
- Osceola County – named after the Seminole leader Osceola
- City of Osceola
- Pocahontas County
- Pottawattamie County
- Poweshiek County
- Sac County
- Sioux County – named after the Sioux nation
- Tama County
- Wapello County – named after Wapello, a Meskwaki chief
- Winnebago County
- Winneshiek County
Communities
- Iowa City
- Algona
- Anamosa – named after the legend of a local Native American girl
- Battle Creek – named for a skirmish between Native American tribes near the stream.
- Camanche, named after the Camanche
- Chillicothe
- Coon Rapids
- Dakota City
- Decorah
- Hiawatha
- Jamaica
- Kanawha
- Keomah Village
- Keosauqua – named after the Meskwaki and Sauk name for the Des Moines River.
- Keota
- Lakota
- Lehigh
- Maquoketa
- Ocheyedan
- Pocahontas
Bodies of water
See also
References
Citations
- ^ 2001. "Plains", ed. Raymond J. DeMallie. Vol. 13 of "Handbook of North American Indians", ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pg. 445
- ^ "Iowa". American Heritage Dictionary. Archived from the original on May 17, 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ Bright (2004), p. 185.
Sources
- Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X. OCLC 53019644.