CONOY

Piscataway

Russian

Names
Subdivisions
Location
History

NAMES

Conoy - probably a synonym of Kanawha, but the meaning is unknown; also spelled Canawese, and Ganawese. Also called: Piscataway - from a village on Piscataway Creek where the Conoy chief resided.
LOCATION

Between the Potomac River and the western shore of the Chesapeake

SUBDIVISIONS

Acquintanacsuak, Conoy (or Piscataway), Mattapanient, Moyawance, Nacotchtank, Pamacocack, Patuxent, Potapaco, Secowocomoco

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