Conneaut - Citizendia

Conneaut is a word of disputed meaning, believed to come from the language of the Seneca tribe of Native Americans. The Seneca are a group of indigenous people native to North America. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States According to local tradition, it may mean either "place of many fish" or "snow water" (referring to Conneaut Lake, notable for its ice in winter). Conneaut Lake is the largest natural Lake in Pennsylvania. It is located in western Crawford County near a town with the same name. According to the Bureau of American Ethnology, conneaut is most likely a corruption of ga-nen-yot, meaning "standing stone. The Bureau of American Ethnology (originally Bureau of Ethnology was established in 1879 by an act of Congress for the purpose of transferring archives records and materials " Still others believe it to be a corruption of gunniate, meaning "it is a long time since they are gone. " Maps from the end of the eighteenth century spell the word Conyeayout and Connewaut. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system

Conneaut was originally used to name the features of a glacial valley which runs from Lake Erie at Conneaut, Ohio to French Creek near Cochranton, Pennsylvania. Lake Erie (ˈɪəriː is the fourth largest Lake (by surface area of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally Conneaut (ˈkonni-ott is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of Conneaut Creek, which is French Creek is a Tributary of the Allegheny River in northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York in the United States Cochranton is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. This valley has a split drainage: The northern part drains north into Lake Erie, and the southern part south into French Creek.

Several towns in this valley share its name:

Four bodies of water also share the name:

Conneaut Creek, which flows through northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio
Conneaut Lake, a kettle lake in Crawford County, Pennsylvania which drains through the Conneaut Marsh
Conneaut Marsh, a broad herbaceous wetland (also known as Geneva Marsh) extending several miles southeast from Conneaut Lake
Conneaut Outlet, which flows to the southeast from the Conneaut Marsh (formerly also called Conneaut Creek)

Conneaut (ˈkonni-ott is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of Conneaut Creek, which is Conneaut Lake is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania at the southern end of a lake with the same name. Conneaut Lakeshore is a Census-designated place (CDP in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Conneautville is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, along Conneaut Creek. Conneaut Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Conneaut Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Conneaut Creek (ˈkɒniˌɒt is a Tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Conneaut Lake is the largest natural Lake in Pennsylvania. It is located in western Crawford County near a town with the same name. A kettle (or kettle hole) is a shallow sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters Crawford County is a County located in the US state of Pennsylvania.

© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
network: | |