title: Tuckahoe
text: # Tuckahoe
  
  Tuckahoe is a Native American word that may refer to:
  
  ## Plants and fungi
  
  * Peltandra virginica, also called tuckahoe; the rhizome was cooked and used as food by Native Americans
  * Orontium aquaticum, also called tuckahoe; the seeds and rhizome were used as food by Native Americans
  * Wolfiporia extensa, also called tuckahoe; the sclerotium of a fungus used as food by Native Americans and by the Chinese as a medicinal
  
  ## Buildings in the United States
  
  * Tuckahoe Plantation, boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson, Virginia
  * Tuckahoe (Jensen Beach, Florida) or the Leach Mansion, Jensen Beach, Florida
  
  ## Natural formations in the United States
  
  * Tuckahoe Bay, in South Carolina
  * Tuckahoe Creek, in Maryland
  * Tuckahoe River (disambiguation)
  * Tuckahoe Group, geologic group, Virginia
  
  ## Places in the United States
  
  ### Maryland
  
  * Tuckahoe State Park, a public park in Maryland
  
  ### Missouri
  
  * Tuckahoe, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  
  ### New Jersey
  
  * Tuckahoe, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Upper Township, Cape May County
  * Tuckahoe station (New Jersey)
  
  ### New York
  
  * Tuckahoe (village), New York, a village in Eastchester, Westchester County
     * Tuckahoe (Metro-North station), a railroad station in the village
     * Tuckahoe Union Free School District, a public school district that serves the village
     * Tuckahoe High School, a school in the village
  * Tuckahoe, Suffolk County, New York, a hamlet in Suffolk County
  
  ### Pennsylvania
  
  * Camp Tuckahoe, a Boy Scouts of America camp in York County
  
  ### Virginia
  
  * Tuckahoe, Virginia, a census-designated place in Henrico County
  * Tuckahoe Recreation Center, a private aquatic complex in McLean, Virginia
  
  ### West Virginia
  
  * Tuckahoe, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  