cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Charles Mix County (Civil), Charles Mix County, South Dakota (43.2079071, -98.5878939)
Description: Located in southeastern South Dakota along the Missouri River and the  Nebraska State boundary, 145 km (90 mi) southwest of Sioux Falls; County Seat:  Lake Andes.
History: Created in 1862, and organized officially in 1879.  Reportedly named for either Charles E. Mix, Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1858, or for Charles H. Mix, Civil War captain and government scout.
Johnston Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.3208333, -165.0969444)
Description: flows SE to join Coco Creek to Form Kaviruk River, 38 mi. NE of  Teller, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1901 by T. G. Gerdine (in Collier, 1902, pl. 12), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Wortmanns Glacier (Glacier), Chugach County, Alaska (60.9019903, -145.6675152)
Description: Heads 8 miles east of Meteorite Mountain and trends north to its terminus (1953) at head of Wortmanns Creek, 6 miles southeast of Wortmanns and 18 miles southeast of Valdez, Chugach Mountains.
History: Named in 1963 by AS Post "for the village of Wortmann."
Tagiunituk Lakes (Lake), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.5833333, -163.9333333)
Description: 5 mi. ESE of mouth of Omikviorok River and 19 mi. SE of  Kivalina, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.
History: Eskimo name meaning "there is salt" reported in 1966 by E.  S. Burch.
McGregor (Populated Place), Clayton County, Iowa (43.018318, -91.1826299)
History: The area was originally known as Coulee des Sioux by the early french settlers, but was changed to McGregors Landing after Alexander McGregor established a ferry from the village to Praire du Chien, Wisconsin in 1836. (IA-T1) Founded in 1850 and incorporated in 1859.
Sadatanak Island (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.0347222, -174.4252778)
Description: off S coast of Atka I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Aleut name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 27),  Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Sadatanak," or "Sadatanak Island."
Baranof Archipelago (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (56.75, -135.1666667)
Description: Baranof I. and adjoining islands, extend SE 105 mi. from Peril Strait to Christian Sound, Alex. Arch.
History: Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 122).  Name was derived from Baranof Island, the Largest of the group.
Juneau (Populated Place), Dodge County, Wisconsin (43.4055504, -88.7051037)
Description: Located in the central part of the county, 22km (14 mi) N of Watertown and 76 km (47 mi) NW of Juneau.
History: Settled in 1844 by Martin Rich who named the village Victory as it was chosen over the already existing communities of Fox Lake and Watertown as the county seat for Dodge County.  In 1848, the community was renamed Dodge Center because of its central location in the county.  Since a town by the same name already existed in Wisconsin, Juneau became the community's name.  The name honors Solomon Juneau (1793-1856), first Postmaster and Mayor of Milwaukee.  (US-T131/Romance of WI Place Names/p62)
Ahding Ingrid Mountain (Summit), Bethel County, Alaska (60.1332415, -166.5858683)
Description: 26 mi. SW of Cape Etolin, on Nunivak I.
History: Eskimo name meaning "Ahding River Ingria Mountain"  reported in 1949 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The "d" ending appears to be a typographical error.
Honhosa River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.4741667, -157.7511111)
Description: flows NE to Kateel River, 35 mi. SW of Roundabout Mtn., Nulato Hills. 43 miles long.
History: Koyukuk Indian name published in 1959 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Creston Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.6111111, -155.9944444)
Description: flows NW to Colorado Creek, 53 mi. NW of Medfra, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Mount Ascutney (Summit), Windsor County, Vermont (43.4436975, -72.454602)
Description: Located in Ascutney State Park, in the Town of Weathersfield, the Town of Windsor, and the Town of West Windsor
History: Possibly derives from the Abenaki word “Ascutegnik,” meaning “meeting of the waters,” or an anglicized version of an Abenaki word meaning “rocky summit,” “three brothers," or “a peaked mountain with steep sides.” A proposal to change the name to Kaskadenak was not approved by the BGN in September 2018.
Muir Pass (Gap), Fresno County, California (37.1116032, -118.6706636)
Description: On Goddard Divide, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) north-northeast of Mount Solomons and 1.9 km (1.2 mi) south of Mount Warlow. (US-T121)
History: Named for John Muir (1838-1914), noted writer and interpreter of nature . (US-T121)
Bird Cape (Cape), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.6569444, 178.6516667)
Description: on NW coast of Amchitka I., Rat Islands., Aleutian Islands.
History: Translation of an Aleut name "Satanna," meaning "of the birds," recorded by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 324), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published in 1848 as "M(ys) Ptichiy" (from ptitsa) on Russian Hyrog. Dept. Chart 1400.
Bedlam Lake (Lake), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.9244531, -150.348619)
Description: one of the Bedlam Lakes on Kenai Peninsula in course of Bedlam Creek, 40 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. 1.2 miles long.
History: Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, for administrative purposes.
Robinson Mountains (Range), Yakutat County, Alaska (60.2027778, -142.4172222)
Description: Mountain range, trends along the Gulf of Alaska from Bering Glacier on the west to Guyot Glacier on the east, 100 miles northwest of Yakutat, St. Elias Mountains. (AK-T1)
History:  Named by IC Russell in 1891 to commemorate Lieutenant LI Robinson, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), who was drowned while landing at Icy Bay that year. (AK-T1)
Switch Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.4755556, -144.8994444)
Description: flows NW to Deadwood Creek, 35 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana  High.
History: Named by prospectors; reported in 1903 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Prindle,  1905, pl. 3).
Kazik Hill (Summit), Bethel County, Alaska (60.9325198, -158.0185028)
Description: 20 mi. W of Taylor Mts. and 60 mi. SW of Sleetmute,  Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Eskimo name meaning "little house" reported in 1945 by  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name refers to "the conical shape of the hill which is  recognizable over a wide are a and is therefore an important landmark."
La Escudilla (Basin), Kings County, California (35.9082894, -119.9593007)
Description: Located in sec 19,T23S,R19E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In the Kettleman Hills on Middle Dome, 1.6 km 91 mi) south of Arroyo Culebrino and 1.9 km (1.2 mi) northwest of Parejo Hill. (US-T121)
History: Descriptive name meaning "bowl." (US-T121)
Thomas Rock (Bar), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.9705556, -152.94)
Description: between Afognak and Kupreanof Straits, N of Kodiak I.
History: Local name reported in 1900 by Lieutenant Commander Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of  the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross.
Honolulu Pass (Gap), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (63.0613889, -149.1922222)
Description: trends NE-SW 30 mi. W of Deadman Mtn., 57 mi. SW of Healy, Talkeetna Mtns.
History: Local name reported in 1913 by J. W. Bagley, (in Martin,  G. C., and others, 1919, pl. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Coffin Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.8077778, -153.1425)
Description: On the Iniskin Peninsula, flowing WNW to Chinitna Bay at the mouth of Fritz Creek. 0.5 mile long.
History: So named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because a coffin washed up on the beach near the mouth of this stream while a field party was working there in 1951.
Koss Cove (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (59.9347222, -148.2333333)
Description: Located on the southern coast of Elrington Island.
History: Named in House Resolution 2443 (Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004) in honor of Able Bodied Seaman Eric Steiner Koss (1972-2002), who served aboard the NOAA vessel "Rainier" and died in the performance of a nautical mission.
Sand Mountain (Range), Dade County, Georgia (34.3347801, -86.0657053)
Description: A dissected plateau in NE AL, extending SW from the AL-TN border for about 80 mi and about 8 to 18 mi wide, NE end at 35° 00' 16.4247" N, 85° 32' 7.5291" W, SW end at 33° 41' 24.2206" N, 86° 42' 28.2484" W. Ends at Birmingham AL on the S and is continuous with Walden Ridge in TN.
Terminal Geyser (Spring), Plumas County, California (40.4212722, -121.3771959)
Description: Located in sec 36,T30N,R5E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In Lassen Volcanic National Park, 1.6 km (1 mi) northeast of Little Willow Lake, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) northwest of Kelly Mountain and 3 km (1.9 mi) east-northeast of Sifford Mountain. (US-T121)
Tinayguk River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.5688889, -151.0416667)
Description: flows W and SE 44 mi. to North Fork Koyukuk River, 3 mi. S of  Eroded Mtn. and 27 mi. NW of Wiseman; Brooks Range
History: in 1930 Rovert Marshall recommended "tinayguk," the Eskimo  word for moose, for the name of this stream because of the abundance of these animals in the area. limited local use of the name "West Fork," a term  he felt was already too commonly used.
Applegate Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.8638889, -169.8919444)
Description: on N coast of Chuginadak I., Aleutian Islands. 2.5 miles wide.
History: Published in 1943 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 8802; named for Samuel Applegate, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who commanded the schooner Nellie Juan during a survey of this area in the 1880's.
Donkey Bay (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.3372222, -134.1647222)
Description: on NW shore of Pybus Bay, on Admiralty I., 20 mi. SE of Angoon, Alex. Arch. 0.7 mile wide.
History: Name published in 1924 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8200.
Butte Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (63.0586111, -147.5358333)
Description: heads at Butte Lake, flows SE to Susitna River, 72 mi. SE of Healy, Talkeetna Mts. 24 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name shown on a 1910 field sheet by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); published by Moffit (1912, pl. 1).
Frederika Mountain (Summit), Copper River County, Alaska (61.7716611, -142.2301971)
Description: E of Frederika Glacier, 33 mi. NE of McCarthy, Wrangell Mts.
History: Local name taken from the glacier; reported in 1914 by  Capps (1916, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It seems to be the same feature that Oscar Rohn  called "Mount Abercrombie," for William R. Abercrombie, USA.
Big South Fork Cumberland River (Stream), Pulaski County, Kentucky (36.9850771, -84.606885)
Description: Heads at the confluence of the New River and Clear Fork, 13 km (8 mi) SW of the community of Oneida, flows generally NW, then NE, then N to join the Cumberland River just N of the General Burnside Island State Park, near the community of Burnside; located in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Daniel Boone NF.
Stavley Pond (Lake), Kent County, Maryland (39.2783031, -76.1907536)
Description: Located on Fairlee Neck, 4.5 km (2.8 mi) northwest of Melitota, 6.3 km (3.9 mi) west northwest of Fairlee, and 35 km (22 mi) east southeast of downtown Baltimore.  (US-T121)
History: Named for former owner of the land, Judge Harry Stavley.  (US-T121)
Town of Nantucket (Civil), Nantucket County, Massachusetts (41.2925663, -70.1021012)
Description: Includes Muskeget, Tuckernuck and Nantucket Islands, SE of Muskeget Channel, in Nantucket Sound, 25 mi S of Cape Cod and 90 mi SE of Boston (US-T121).
History: Settled in 1641, incorporated as the town of Sherburn in 1687.  Renamed Nantucket in 1795, from the Indian 'Nantituck,' 'the far-away land,' 'Nantuck,' 'sandy sterile soil,' or 'Nautican,' an Indian word for the island (MA-T1/p32).
Tractor Wash (Arroyo), Maricopa County, Arizona (33.4939289, -112.4965528)
Description: Heads in the White Tank Mountains, trends 2.3 km (1.4 mi) ESE, then 0.8 km (0.5 mi) S, then 1 km (0.6 mi) E, then 1 km (0.6 mi) SE to the confluence with Tuthill Dike Wash at the intersection of Indian School Road Extended and Tuthill Road.
History: Named for the nearby tractor testing facility.
Bergh Lake (historical) (Lake), Denali County, Alaska (63.4719444, -150.2105556)
Description: Located in Denali National Park, along Stony Creek, 4.2 mi. NE of Eielson Visitor Center, Alaska Range. 0.4 mile long.
History: Local name reported in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The lake formed in 1953 as a result of a deluge, an earthquake, and a landslide that blocked the channel of Stony Creek. The lake drained out in 1988 and is now a dry lake bed interspersed with channels.
Point Bridget (Cape), Juneau County, Alaska (58.6783333, -134.9875)
Description: on E shore of Lynn Canal, at S entrance to Berners Bay, 2 mi. W  of Echo Cove and 33 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Named in 1794 by Captain Vancouver (1798, atlas, pl.12), RN,  probably for his mother whose name was Bridget Berners (Wagner, 1937, p.377). Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), transliterates the English name  as "Bridzhyet."
Mount Wright (Summit), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.7976627, -136.0271834)
Description: 1 mi. N of Dirt Glacier, Glacier Bay National Monument, 52 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named in 1891 by Reid (1892, p. 30), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for George Frederick Wright, 1838-1921, pastor and glacial geologist. Most of his life was spent as a theologian and Congregational minister. He was professor at  the Oberlin Theological Seminary from 1881 to 1907. He was the author of  many geological publications, including "The Ice Age in North America." Wright spent some time in the Glacier Bay area in 1886. There is another  Mount Wright 43 mi. W of this feature.
Little Bremner River (Stream), Chugach County, Alaska (61.035, -144.4447222)
Description: heads in glacier, flows SSW 13 mi. to Bremner River, 0.8 mi. S of mouth of MacCreel Creek, and 60 mi. W of Valdez; Chugach Mts.
History: local name reported by F. H. Moffit (1912, pl. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Barabara Point (Cape), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.4855556, -151.6469444)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, 4 mi. NE of Seldovia, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name; reported in 1918 by A. C. Gill, Cornell University (in Martin and others, 1920, p. 127). This is a Russian term for a large (or  often any) "native hut."
Whitefish Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.7874411, -156.253931)
Description: 4 mi. N of Old Cutoff Trading Post and 19 mi. NE of Roundabout Mtn., Koyukuk Low.
History: Local name obtained at Huslia by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1954 or 1955.
Gunsight Mountain (Summit), North Slope County, Alaska (68.7176005, -151.837326)
Description: E of Siksikpuk River, 10 mi. S of junction of Siksikpuk and Chandler River S, 41 mi. N of Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Slope.
History: So named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists about 1950 because it forms a "prominent landmark used by pilots flying between Fairbanks and Umiat."
Deacons Rock (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.0006288, -143.0462783)
Description: in Porcupine River 32 mi. NE of Chalkyitsik, Porcupine Plateau
History: Local name obtained in 1956 by T. E. Taylor and R. C. Foley, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Chakok River (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.7963889, -151.7405556)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula flows SW to North Fork Anchor River, 3.5 mi. NE of village of Anchor Point and 13 mi. NW of Homer, Cook Inlet Low. 9 miles long.
History: Apparently a Kenai Indian name reported by I. G. Wosnesenski, who explored the area about 1840.
Lydick Creek (Stream), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.9891667, -141.8069444)
Description: heads in Robinson Mts. and flows SW to Gulf of Alaska, 4.5 mi. NW of Icy Cape and 79 mi. NW of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain.
History: Local name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1948.
Pasquotank County (Civil), Pasquotank County, North Carolina (36.2650187, -76.2492414)
Description: Located in northeast North Carolina; County Seat:  Elizabeth City.
History: Formed in 1668 as a precinct in Albemarle County.  The word "pasquotank" is believed to originate from the Indian term "pask-e'tan-ki" for "where the current divides or forks."  (NC-T11/p373)
Rocky Pass (Channel), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.6772222, -133.7388889)
Description: in Keku Strait, between Kupreanof and Kuiu Is., 20 mi. N of  Point Baker, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1932 Coast Pilot (p.  257).
Crooked Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (63.1611111, -149.1508333)
Description: flows N to East Fork Chulitna River, 50 mi. S of Healy, Talkeetna Mts. 6.5 miles long.
History: Local descriptive name reported in 1922 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Beehive Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.1863889, -135.4327778)
Description: at mouth of Nakwasina Sound, 9.5 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch.
History: Descriptive name given in 1880, by M. Baker, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS),  because of its resemblance, as seen from the west, to the shape of a  conventional straw beehive. The name was published in the 1883 Coast Pilot  (p. 152).
Lincoln County (Civil), Lincoln County, North Carolina (35.485595, -81.2235326)
Description: Located in southwestern North Carolina, 54 km (34 mi) northwest of Charlotte; County Seat:  Lincolnton.
History: Formed in 1779 from Tryon County when that county was abolished and divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties; named for General Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) who figured prominently in the Revolutionary War.  (NC-T11/p282)
Harbor Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.0466667, -135.3416667)
Description: tied to Japonski I., 0.4 mi. SW of Sitka; Alex. Arch.
History: this is an 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in  1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Gavanskoy."
Nevele Falls (Falls), Ulster County, New York (41.6945379, -74.3940434)
Description: Located along South Gully, 1 km (0.6 mi) S of its confluence with Sandburg Creek, 1.6 km (1 mi) S of Ellenville and 0.6 km (0.4 mi) SE of Nevele Country Club.
History: Reportedly named for the word "eleven" spelled backwards.
Disenchantment Bay (Bay), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.9619444, -139.57)
Description: Extends southwest for 10 miles from the mouth of Russell Fiord to Point Latouche, at the head of Yakutat Bay, St. Elias Mts. 3 miles wide.
History: Named "Puerto del Desengano", Spanish for "bay of disenchantment", by Captain Alessandro Malaspina in 1792 (Galiano, 1802), upon finding that the bay did not provide a hoped-for passage to the Atlantic. He sailed up the bay as far as Haenke Island, before discovering the passage blocked by ice. Also called "Bahia de las Bancas" by Captain Malaspina in reference to the ice (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 210).
Parson Falls Creek (Stream), Chugach County, Alaska (60.6969444, -145.5816667)
Description: flows S to Rude River, 10 mi. NE of Cordova, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1913 by B. L. Johnson (in Brooks and others, 1914, pl. 7), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Little Minook Junior Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.4591667, -150.1011111)
Description: heads on California Bar, flows NW to Minook Creek, 4 mi. SSE of  Rampart, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1904 by Prindle and Hess  (1906, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Barren Islands (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.8, -152.25)
Description: in Gulf of Alaska between Kenai Peninsula and Shuyak I., 68 mi.  NE of Afognak, Chugach Mts.
History: Named on May 25, 1778 by Captain James Cook (1785, v. 2 p.  385), RN, who wrote They obtained the name of Barren Isles from their very  naked appearance..." The name, "Islas Esteriles," published by Don D. A.  Galiano (1802, map 3) and "Ostrova Bezplodnyya," published by Captain M. D. Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), are Spanish and Russian translations of the English name.
Calligan Point (Cape), Washington County, Maine (45.1617144, -67.7248783)
Description: In Greenlaw Chopping Township (Unorganized Territory), on the shore of Big Lake, 1 mi. SW of Hardwood Island
History: The name honors Thomas Calligan (1840-1913), who settled on the property in 1871. Calligan was a sergeant in the Maine Light Artillery during the Civil War, also chief engineer and overseer of boats for a local tannery company. He also taught school, served on the Superintending School Committee, and in 1897 was elected treasurer of Hinckley Township (present-day Grand Lake Stream Plantation).
Negro Tank (historical) (Reservoir), Cameron County, Texas (26.2986852, -97.4446953)
Description: 1.1 km (0.7 mi) NE of Rancho Nuevo and 27 km (17 mi) NE of Harlingen.
History: A proposal to change the name Negro Tank to Esteban Reservoir was submitted in 1991. In 1998, the proposal was rejected by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names because the Board did not observe any evidence that there was any local involvement in the renaming process.
East Fork Arolik River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (59.5058333, -161.3280556)
Description: heads at Arolik Lake, flows NW to join South Fork Arolik River where it forms the Arolik River, 30 mi. NE of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 8 miles long.
History: Name published by Harrington (in Brooks and others, 1921, pl. 7), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as "East Fork Arolic Creek."
McLeod Point (Cape), North Slope County, Alaska (70.8947222, -153.7625)
Description: on coast of Beaufort Sea, 4 mi. E of Smith Bay, Arctic Plain.
History: The exact identity of several points of land, in this area, named in 1837 by P W. Dease and Thomas Simpson, are difficult to  determine. These points, from east to west, are Mcleod, Mcpherson, and Drew.  It seems the Point Mcleod of current maps is applied to what Dease and Simpson named Point Mcpherson, and their Point Mcleod is applied to a small point 3 mi. to the E (Simpson, Thomas, 1843, p. 136-137).
Bear Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.1830556, -149.3708333)
Description: heads at Bear Lake, on Kenai Peninsula, flows S to Salmon Creek,  5.5 mi. NE of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name published by D. H. Sleem on his map of Central Alaska dated 1910; derived from Bear Lake, the source of the stram.
Fire Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.7019444, -154.7286111)
Description: flows NE to Meadow Creek, 40 mi. N of Medfra, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 12 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1924 by J. S. Brown (in Smith, P. S., 1926, pl. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Monomoy Island (historical) (Island), Barnstable County, Massachusetts (41.59, -69.9902778)
Description: Off the southeast coast of Cape Cod, extends south from mouth of Chatham Harbor to Butler Hole between Nantucket Sound and the Atlantic ocean 6.4 km (4 mi) south of Chatham; Town of Chatham.
History: Monomoy is the Indian name for Chatham (Nason 1874).  The islands in the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge were created when severe storms separated Monomoy Point from the mainland in the winter of 1958. More storms cut through the "new" island and created North Monomoy Island and South Monomoy Island. (US-T147/2005/US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Ninemile Creek (Stream), Juneau County, Alaska (58.3380556, -134.5733333)
Description: on N end of Douglas I., flowing NW to Gastineau Channel, 1.2 mi. E of Entrance Point and 6.4 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Local name published in 1962 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).