Hickiwan
Pima · USGS GNIS name record 5752
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Original USGS record for Hickiwan ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Name is of Papago Indian origin meaning 'zig zag', based on a story about a jagged haircut. Father Kino may have called this place 'San Geronimo' in 1699, but in 1781, fayes reported the place as 'Cerro de la Pirigua' or 'Tachitoa'. Various forms of 'Periqua' were published between 1865 and 1912. In 1912, 'Milpitas', 'Kokuli' and 'Jiquibo' appeared in a private publication. The present spelling was published in 1938 (US-T121).
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