The Origin of Certain Place Names In the United States

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > The Origin of Certain Place Names In the United States

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

Is Chillicothe in there?

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Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

Chillicothe- Cities in Ohio and Illinois and towns in Wapello County Iowa and Livingston County Missouri named for an Indian tribe, the word is said to mean town or city

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The word "Chillicothe" is derived from the ancient Shawnee Indian words meaning "Principal Place." It was the name for one of their clans. The main chief of the Shawnee could only come from the Chillicothe clan. When a village was called Chillicothe, it meant that it was home to the principal chief.

It's funny that it lists the one in Illinois as a city on par with Ohio, because it's quite small and a suburb of Peoria.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2020 03:36

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

RFC2324 posted:

113 years can make a place change in size

That's what I mean, what was considered a city then is a small town now. To my knowledge the town wasn't any bigger than it is now

# ¿ Oct 4, 2020 18:34

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