Especially the northeast I feel has a lot of towns with native American tribe names as town names. Two I know of popped into my head, Narragansett and Manasquan. Or gansett and squan as they are referred to locally in short. Pretty baked thought but I think it's interesting that maybe because they're coastal destinations that they get deemed shortened nicknames because they are said so often in passing by locals.
Connecticut, hammonassett, misquamicut, niantic, quonochontaug, tautaug, cockaponsett, shepaug....I dig them too patgeds22...lets keep the list going.
- Wayne Campbell: So, do you come to Milwaukee often? - Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans. - Pete: In fact, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name? - Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land." Wayne Campbell: I was not aware of that.
in nc 74/76 is called the andrew jackson highway but the name changes to "american indian highway" when it goes through Lumberton (lumbee indian territory) and (surprise) then changes back again. i only have a 10th grade education but i'm pretty sure he signed the indian removal act as president or some thing like that.
This actually prompted me for more research... Assateague Nanticoke Man asses, oh wait, that's the Rehoboth tribe. HA HA