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
- Iowa – from Lakota ayúhwa, via French Aiouez.[1][2][3]
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
- Coon Creek
- 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.
