cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Town of Blackstone (Civil), Worcester County, Massachusetts (42.0399168, -71.5312508)
Description: Located on RI-MA boundary, 25 mi SE of Worcester (US-T121).
History: Settled in 1662, incorporated as a town in 1845.  Name taken from the river flowing through town, which was named after William Blackstone (1595-1675), first resident of Boston and later the first white settler on the river (MA-T1/p9).
Fountains Creek (Stream), St. Charles County, Missouri (38.818317, -90.9118626)
Description: 0.6 mi. long; heads in an unnamed reservoir 2.3 mi. S of Mid America Raceway, flows NE to enter Dry Branch 1.1 mi SW of its confluence with Dry Branch; Sec. 21, T47N, R1E, Fifth Principal Meridian
History: Named in association with the Fountains of Bear Creek subdivision
Mercer County (Civil), Mercer County, Missouri (40.4223314, -93.5685582)
Description: Located in western Ohio along the boundary with Indiana, 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Dayton; County Seat:  Celina.
History: Created on 12 February 1820, named for General Hugh Mercer, a Revolutionary War hero who died in 1777 in the Battle of Princeton.  (OH-T131/1953/This Is Ohio, p221)
Montgomery Bay (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (59.9790681, -148.020604)
Description: on NW coast of Latouche I., 4.3 mi. NE of Danger I., 5.2 mi. SE  of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: Local navigators' name published in 1907 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8522.
Southwest Cape (Cape), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.3075, -171.4716667)
Description: In the W part of the S coast of Saint Lawrence Island, 6.5 mi SW of Powooiliak Point and 10 mi SE of Bunnell Cape, 34 mi. SE of Gambell.
History: Descriptive name given in 1849 by Captain M. D. Tebenkov.
Dravnoi' (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (56.5583333, -169.5333333)
Description: SW of Garden Cove, on SE coast of Saint George Island, Pribilof Islands. 0.3 mile wide.
History: Russian name listed by Putnam (1903, p.1014), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, meaning "wooded"; "so called because of the amount of drift-wood found on the beach." The Russian word "drova" means "fire-wood." Putnam (p.1015) lists the Aleut name as "Kologho" meaning "choked" or "full," again referring to beach drift-wood.
Barren Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (63.0733333, -151.9352778)
Description: in Denali National Park, flows N joins Somber Creek to form Highpower Creek, 30 mi. W of Denali, Alaska Range. 7 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1925 by S. R. Capps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Town of Andover (Civil), Essex County, Massachusetts (42.6465553, -71.1650658)
Description: Located 13 mi E of Lowell (US-T121).
History: Named for Andover in Hampshire, England, the home of many of the early settlers.  Established from common land called Cochicawick. Settled in 1642 and incorporated as a town in 1646 (MA-T1/p6). Andover is probably derived from Ande-ofer (on the banks of the Ande) (US-T121/Steele).
Caribou Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.7852778, -149.6752778)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, flows NW to Resurrection Creek, 9.5 mi. S of Hope, Chugach Mts. 6 miles long.
History: Local prospectors' name; reported in 1904 by Moffit (1906, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Guertin Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.0391667, -135.2838889)
Description: 2 mi. SE of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1880 for Guertin (complete name not available), U.S. Navy (USN), and published by US@C&GS in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 144).
Little Beach (Beach), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.3583333, -154.0994444)
Description: on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 1 mi.  N of Kukak Point and 32 mi. NE of Mount Katmai; Aleutian Range
History: local name reported in 1955 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Port Malmesbury (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.2847222, -134.2394444)
Description: on W coast of Kuiu I., 15 mi. E of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch.
History: Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), on August 4 or 6,  1794, no doubt in honor of James Harris, first Earl of Malmsbury (Wagner, 1937, p. 396).
Unga Island (Island), Aleutians East County, Alaska (55.2605556, -160.695)
Description: largest and most important of Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range. 171 square miles in size.
History: Aleut name reported as "Ounga" in 1827 by Admiral A. J. von Krusenstern, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); in 1840 Veniaminov (v. 1, p. 254), gave the name "O(strov) Unga". Designated a National Natural Landmark in 1968.
Omalik Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (69.1427778, -163.5380556)
Description: flows NW to Chukchi Sea S of Malik Lagoon, 44 mi. SW of Point  Lay, Arctic Plain.
History: Eskimo name reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1949, and may mean  "chief, amber, or cinders." It could also be a family name.
Unalga (historical) (Populated Place), Aleutians East County, Alaska (53.9833333, -166.1666667)
Description: on Malga Bay, on NW coast of Unalga I. Aleutian Islands.
History: Former Eskimo village recorded as "Unalginskoe" by Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 2, p. 203). Listed in the 1880 Census as "Oonalga." The population in 1883 was 23.
Raccoon Run (Stream), Grays Harbor County, Washington (47.0215198, -123.2708073)
Description: Heads in Capitol State Forest, on the west slope of the Black Hills, 3.2 km (2 mi) southeast of McCleary, flows west to enter Mox Chehalis Creek, 1.6 km (1 mi) west-southwest of Sine.
History: Named for the raccoons found along the stream.
State of Idaho (Civil), Custer County, Idaho (44.3890549, -114.6594149)
Description: The geographic center, or that point on which a surface of uniform thickness would balance, for the state is located in Custer County, southwest of Challis.
History: Statehood:  3 July 1890.  Indian name of unknown meaning although some think it may have come from a Kiowa Apache name for the Comanche.  The name became popular in its anglicized form during the 1850s and was originally proposed in Congress for the Territory that became Colorado.  In 1861, the name was given to a country in the Washington Territory, which became part of a new Territory that Congress originally intended to name Montana but eventually named Idaho. (US-T131/1976/DOI - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) News Release: Origin of Names of US States)
Cabrini (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.9456518, -156.4260806)
Description: heads at NE end of Nushagak Hills, flows N 20 mi. to Hoholitna River, 32 mi. E of Taylor Mts.; Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: named for St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, 1850-1917, who, in  1946, was the first American citizen to be canonized.
Halibut Harbor (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.9191667, -133.7763889)
Description: SW coast of Kosciusko I., Alex. Arch. 1.3 miles wide.
History: Local name reported in 1904 by E. F. Dickins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "from information obtained from Captain (Cyrus) Orr."
Myriad Islands (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.6341667, -136.2169444)
Description: 5 mi. WSW of Chichagof, on W coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Descriptive name given in 1925 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); published in  1927 Coast Pilot (supp. p. 27), The numerous (myriad) islands include rocks and islands as much as 1 mi. long.
Avenal Ridge (Ridge), Kings County, California (35.8390416, -120.1791089)
Description: 11 miles long. At the south end of the Diablo Range, bound on the north by Little Avenal Creek, on the east by Tent Hills, on the southeast by Cottonwood Creek, on the west by Lovel Canon and 17.6 km (11 mi) south-southwest of Avenal; [northwest end] 355130N1201140W, [southeast end] 354730N1200710W. (US-T121)
South Naknek (Populated Place), Bristol Bay County, Alaska (58.7155556, -156.9980556)
Description: Located on south bank of Naknek River, on Alaska Peninsula, 1 mile southeast of Naknek, Bristol Bay Lowland; population 142.
History: Eskimo and Aleut village listed in the 1880 Census with a population (including Kingiak) of 192; 93 in 1890. See Naknek. The South Naknek post office was established in 1937.
Chagvan Bay (Bay), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (58.7822222, -161.7122222)
Description: At the mouth of Kinegnak River, 21 mi NE of Cape Newenham, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mountains. 5 miles wide.
History: Eskimo name published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 3) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "Zaliv Chagvan." It was called "Portage Bay" on an 1899 chart by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Bill Moores (Populated Place), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (62.9497222, -163.7788889)
Description: on left bank of Apoon Pass, 26 mi. NE of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: This was a landing and riverboat woodyard reported in 1899  by R. L. Faris, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). He also gave the Eskimo name, "Konogkelyokamiut," for this locality, implying the existence of an Eskimo camp or village here.
Twin Mountain (Summit), Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska (55.7634977, -133.1648264)
Description: 2.5 mi. E of S entrance to Tuxekan Passage, W coast of Prince  of Wales I., Alex. Arch.
History: Descriptive name given in 1903 or 1904 by E. F. Dickins,  U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who wrote "named by our party, has no local name."
Dry Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.5022222, -165.4163889)
Description: flows SW to Snake River at Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 5 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1899 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Sunset Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.6336111, -164.5780556)
Description: flows SE to Harris Creek which flows to North Fork Kougarok  River, NW of Harris Dome and 40 mi. NW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported on the 1908 "Map of Seward Peninsula" by Arthur Gibson.
Wachusett Cove (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.8311111, -134.9980556)
Description: at mouth of Freshwater Bay on E coast of Chichagof I., 8.5 mi. NE of Tenakee Springs, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1881 by the U.S. Navy for the U.S.S. Wachusett,  commanded by Commander Henry Glass, U.S. Navy (USN), used in surveying the cove that year. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 180).
Millard Creek (Stream), Chugach County, Alaska (60.925, -146.5927778)
Description: flows NW to Galena Bay, 40 mi. NW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1912 by Capps and Johnson (in  Brooks and others, 1913, p. 88), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); possibly named for B. F. Millard, an officer of the Granite Gold Mining Co.
Igitkin Bank (Bar), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9825, -175.9813889)
Description: trends W between Igitkin and Great Sitkin Islands., Aleutian Islands. 2 miles long.
History: Name published by US@C&GS in the 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot (p. 103); named for Igitkin Island by the U.S. Navy Aleutian Island Survey Expedition of 1934.
Pogibshi Point (Cape), Sitka County, Alaska (57.5075, -135.545)
Description: at SW end of Deadman Reach, on W coast of Duffield Penin., on N  coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Russian name meaning perilous, given in 1833 by the navigator Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrog. Dept. chart 1397 as M(ys) Pogibshiy.
Fresh Water Lake (Lake), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (57.5705598, -134.4333059)
Description: 7 mi. NE of Angoon, on W central admiralty I., Alex. Arch. 1.5 miles long.
History: Named by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), and published in 1869 on Hydrographic Chart 225.
Tagayarak (historical) (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.2908333, -162.7783333)
Description: on left bank of Tagayarak River, 25 mi. W of Eek and 48 mi. SW of Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
History: Former Eskimo camp or village, named for the stream; being abandoned in 1951 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Engstrom Mountain (Summit), Nome County, Alaska (64.6957913, -165.2682729)
Description: Located 1.1 km (0.7 mi) N of Basin Creek, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) W of the Nome River, 24 km (15 mi) N of Nome.
History: Named for Herbert Engstrom (died 1986) and Elsie Elisabet Engstrom (died 1987), pioneers who mined for gold in the area.
Johnson Cove (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (54.9830556, -132.1058333)
Description: extends S off Moira Sound, on SE coast of Prince of Wales I.,  Alex. Arch.
History: Named by local fishermen and reported in 1904 by H. C.  Fassett, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF).
Grass Island (Island), Chugach County, Alaska (60.5722222, -145.7811111)
Description: E of Hawkins I., in Orca Inlet, 2 mi. NW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.
History: Named by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), during his cruise aboard the Fish Commission steamer Albatross along the south coast of Alaska  in 1897.
Sword Point (Cape), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1225, -152.4711111)
Description: W tip of Tozitna I., in Yukon Rier, 12 mi. WSW of Tanana,  Nowitna Low.
History: Riverboat pilots' descriptive name shown on Navigation  Chart of the Tanana-Yukon Rivers, dated 1940.
Chalk Creek (Stream), Copper River County, Alaska (62.4952778, -143.1647222)
Description: in Mentasta Mts., flows SW to Jack Creek E of Lost Creek, 33 mi. SE of Mentasta Pass, Alaska Range. 10 miles long.
History: Locally named, because a prospector named Chalk (complete name not available) committed suicide here in the 1930's; reported in 1939 by P. S. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Fulton County (Civil), Fulton County, Kentucky (36.5540721, -89.1875966)
Description: Located in the extreme southwest portion of Kentucky, along the Mississippi River and the boundaries with Missouri and Tennessee, about 64 km (40 mi) southwest of Paducah; County Seat:  Hickman.
History: Established in 1845, named for Robert Fulton (1765-1815) an artist and inventor who set sail the first commercially successful steamboat in America up the Hudson River IN 1807.  The ship was named the Cermont.  (KY-T1/p111)
Audubon Mountain (Summit), Copper River County, Alaska (61.4714278, -146.7973145)
Description: In the Chugach Mountains, 4 mi NE of Mount Powder Top and 30 mi NW of Valdez.
History: Named about 1957 by L. E. Neilsen for John James Audubon (1785-1851), famous American ornithologist and artist.
Great Basin (Basin), Pershing County, Nevada (40.6666667, -117.6666667)
Description: Centered on Nevada but extending into neighboring States, the Great Basin stretches from California's Sierra Nevada range on the west to the Wasatch Mountains of Utah on the east.  The region is one of high, silent valleys, numerous mountain ranges, and few rivers. Great Basin National Park protects the south Snake Range near the Utah border east of Ely, Nevada; incomplete record.
Grand Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.0333333, -163.3333333)
Description: flows N to Bullion Creek, 0.4 mi. W of its unc. with Pargon River, 14 mi. NE of Council and 25 mi. SE of Mount Bendeleben, Seward Peninsula High. 0.5 mile long.
History: Prospectors name reported on a map of Cape Nome gold fields by David Fox, Jr., dated 1901.
Jenne Butte (Summit), Multnomah County, Oregon (45.4838775, -122.4793599)
Description: In the City of Gresham on the S side of Johnson Creek, 1.3 mi. SW of Grant Butte, 1.9 mi. W of Walters Hill; Sec. 18, T1S, R3E, Willamette Meridian
History: Named for Lemuel Jenne (b. 1821), who received 320 acres at the butte as part of a Donation Land Claim.
Haley Anchorage (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (57.3725, -135.6155556)
Description: on S shore of Fish Bay, on NW coast of Baranof I., 24 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.8 mile wide.
History: Named in 1884 by Commander J. B. Coghlan, U.S. Navy (USN), for "a miner Nicholas Haley." The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 181).
Crystal Gulch (Valley), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (63.233133, -154.7841105)
Description: trends SW to Ruby Creek, 9 mi. NW of Medfra, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 0.5 mile long.
History: Prospectors name obtained in 1921 by G. C. Martin (in Brooks, 1922, fig 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Patterson Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.0202778, -151.5183333)
Description: Heading at the junction of Sullivan and Cache Creeks and flowing WSW to the Tanana River on the E side of Harper Bend, 19 mi SE of Tanana, Nowitna Low.
History: Named in 1902 by Lieutenant G. S. Gibbs. U.S. Army Signal Corps, for H. W. Patterson who assisted him in making a map of the Tanana.
Alum Pond (Reservoir), Worcester County, Massachusetts (42.1420811, -72.1198183)
Description: 5 mi SSW of Brookfield; Town of Sturbridge. 200 acres in size with a maximum depth of 41 feet.
History: The name "Alum" is derived from Allumps, Indian Sachem of Quinebaug, or Indian word meaning 'a dog' (Douglas-Lithgow, 1909); also supposedly derived from the taste of some rocks in the vicinity. Pookookapoug (from an Indian tribe) first used at the beginning of the twentieth century (Board on Geographic Names (BGN) 1907).
Point Harris (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.2888889, -134.2972222)
Description: N point of entrance to Port Malmsbury, on W coast of Kuiu I.,  15 mi NE of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch.
History: Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), on August 4, 1794, "no doubt for James Harris, first Earl of Malmsbury" (Wagner, 1937, p. 391).
Ernestine Creek (Stream), Copper River County, Alaska (61.4355556, -145.1161111)
Description: heads in a glacier and flows N and NW to Mosquito Creek to form Tiekel River, 44 mi. NE of Valdez, Chugach Mts. 8 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1913 by Moffit (1914, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Bradfield Canal (Bay), Wrangell County, Alaska (56.2075, -131.7291667)
Description: heads at mouth of Bradfield River, extends W to Ernest Sound at Point Warde, 30 mi. SE of Wrangell, Alex. Arch. 19 miles long.
History: Named "Bradfield Channel" in 1793 by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), after it was explored August 26, by James Johnstone.
Fox Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.1477778, -150.9105556)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, flows NW to Tustumena Lake, 31 mi. SE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. 3 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1950 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Local name reported in 1904 by F. H. Moffitt, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Uzkosti Point (Cape), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.9280556, -152.8125)
Description: On the SW coast of Whale Island, 2 mi W of Dirovati Point, 18 mi. NW of Kodiak.
History: Transliteration of the name "M(ys) Uzkostey," meaning "narrow cape," given by Murashev in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425.
Platte County (Civil), Platte County, Nebraska (41.5712868, -97.521157)
Description: Located in eastern Nebraska, 103 km (64 mi) northwest of Lincoln; county seat: Columbus.
History: Established by the State Legislature on 26 January 1856; boudaries were redefined on 22 December 1859.  Platte is a descriptive word, and is French for "flat" or "shallow" and was given by French Explorers.  (US-T131/1960/NE Placenames, p115)
Kinegnak River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (58.8205556, -161.68)
Description: flows SW 18 mi. to Chagvan Bay, 27 mi. NE of tip of Cape Newenham; Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1938 by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),  published by Mertie (1940, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Reservoir), Lincoln County, Georgia (33.6604188, -82.414605)
Description: Reservoir formed by damming the Savannah River, 18 mi NW of Augusta, GA
History: Public Law 96-379, Oct. 6, 1980, named the reservoir Clarks Hill Lake. Public Law 100-209, Dec 23, 1987, renamed the reservoir in honor of J. Strom Thurmond (1902-2003), United States Senator and Governor of South Carolina.
Ruby Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (0, 0)
Description: flows N to Paystreak Creek which flows to Pilgrim River, 12 mi.  NE of Salmon Lake and 24 mi. W of Mount Bendeleben, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported on a 1901 map of Cape Nome gold  fields by David Fox, Jr. This stream cannot be precisely located on current maps.
Seppings Lagoon (Lake), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.9588259, -165.1657236)
Description: Paralleling the coast of the Chukchi Sea, just southeast of Cape Seppings and northwest of Tasikpak Lagoon; 22 miles northwest of Kivalina, Kotzebue-Kobuk Lowlands. (AK-T1)
History: Named for the nearby point of land; shown about 1923 on a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field map. (AK-T1)
Poltes Slough (Stream), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (61.9666667, -162.2333333)
Description: channel of Yukon River, extends N and W of Moonlight Point and Arbor I., NW of Marshall, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Riverboat pilots name. So named for Captain Otto Polte, a steamboat captain who died in Seattle about 1940, and reported on a fieldsheet by R.H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), dated 1916.
Hidden Glacier (Glacier), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.0250577, -130.1451675)
Description: heads on N slope of Ninemile Mtn., trends NE to its 1955 terminus 9 mi. NW of Hyder, Coast Mts. 1.5 miles long.
History: Local descriptive name published in 1924 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Hawksbill Cove (Bay), St. Thomas County, United States Virgin Islands (18.3327345, -64.9775505)
Description: In the sub-district of Charlotte Amalie, 0.75 mi. SSE of Brewers Bay, 0.65 mi. WNW of Lindbergh Bay, S of the end of the runway at Cyril E King Airport
History: Named for the hawksbill sea turtles which inhabit the cove
Elongozhik Slough (Gut), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (63.1297222, -164.1847222)
Description: in Yukon Delta, heads at Mahtkwingak Slough, flows N to Norton Sound, 34 mi. N of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. 20 miles long.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1899 by G. R. Putnam, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); published in 1901 on Chart 9372.
Alder Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.825, -150.3361111)
Description: heads at glacier E of Ruth Glacier flows SE 16 mi. to Tokositna  River 1.5 mi. W of its junction with Chulitna River, 25 mi. NW of Talkeetna, Cook Inlet
History: Local name published in 1940 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Hemlock Point (Cape), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.5447222, -134.4772222)
Description: on NE shore of Kootznahoo Inlet, 5 mi. NE of Angoon, on W  central Admiralty I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN); published in 1869 on  Hydrographic Chart 225.
Deep Creek (Stream), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (61.79, -162.0102778)
Description: flows NW to Spruce Creek 8 mi. SE of Marshall, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. 5.4 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported by Harrington (1918, map), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1916.
Island of Saint James (Island), San Francisco County, California (37.7665966, -123.1013912)
Description: One of the North Farallon, in the Farallon Islands, 56 km (35 mi) west of San Francisco. (US-T121)
History: The name, Island of Saint James, was the name given to the Farallon Islands by Sir Francis Drake in 1579.  (US-T121)
Plenty Bear Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (56.7047222, -158.4252778)
Description: flows SW 14 mi. to Meshik River, 16 mi. SW of Vent Mtn., in  Aniakchak Crater; Bristol Bay Low.
History: so named in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of "the  numerous bear encountered * * *" here.
Poorman Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska (62.1205556, -141.8875)
Description: in Nutzotin Mts., heads on Gold Hill, flows N to Gold Run  Creek, 6 mi. NW of Beaver Lake, Alaska Range
History: Local name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (in Brooks and others, 1915, pl. 9).