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[Facts] Re: name of a road
by
Cleveland Kent Evans
(clevelandkentevans)
2/11/2007, 2:24 PM
in reply to
a message by Winkumpaugh
According to
American Place-Names
by
George
R.
Stewart
, Winkompaugh in Maine is from Algonquian words meaning "good enclosed pond." I would think it's likely that Winkumpaugh is a spelling variation of that.
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