cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Mable Taylor Creek (Stream), Mason County, Washington (47.1514845, -123.0320923)
Description: Heads 0.8 km (0.5 mi) SE of Mud Cat Point and 1.3 km (0.8 mi) WSW of Kamilche Point, flows N 0.5 km (0.3 mi) to Little Skookum Inlet.
History: Named for Mable Taylor, who homesteaded near the stream from 1886 to 1905.
Arikara Creek (Stream), Hughes County, South Dakota (44.33263, -100.20235)
Description: 1.25 mi. long; flows SSW to enter Lake Sharpe on the Missouri River 1.9 mi. NW of Antelope Island; Secs15&10, T110N, R78W, Fifth Principal Meridian
History: Named for the Arikara Tribe (now part of federally recognized Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation) that inhabited the area and the nearby Arzberger Site.
Columbiana County (Civil), Columbiana County, Ohio (40.7684277, -80.7771866)
Description: Located in eastern Ohio along the boundary with Pennsylvania and West Virginia, 32 km (20 mi) south of Youngstown; County Seat:  Lisbon.
History: Columbiana is the combination of the names "Columbus", for Christopher Columbus, and "Anne" for Queen Anne.  (OH-T801/p275)
Kodogh (Valley), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (56.5861111, -169.5083333)
Description: extends N from Garden Cove, on SE coast of St. George I., in Pribilof Islands.
History: An Aleut name listed by Putnam (1903, p. 1015), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), as  "Ko'dogh (Ko'doch)" meaning "gulch."
Sanak Harbor (Bay), Aleutians East County, Alaska (54.4833333, -162.8283333)
Description: on NW coast of Sanak I., Aleutian Range
History: Name derived from Sanak Island and reported by US@C&GS in 1919. This harbor is shown on a sketch published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), entitled "Ochyerk Gavanina NW Stor O(stro) va Sannakh" meaning "Sketch of the harbor in the northwest part of the island of Sannakh." The US@C&GS misinterpreted this title and published the name Acherk (sketch) Harbor on Charts 817 and 8901 in 1875.
Taiholman Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.1987762, -151.6314257)
Description: 7 mi. S of Taclodahten Lake and 38 mi. SE of Allakaket, Kanuti Flats.
History: Koyukuk Indian name obtained in 1956 at Allakaket by T. E.  Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Ninemile Slough (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.6058333, -158.2802778)
Description: anabranch, flows SW around Ninemile I. to Yukon River, 9 mi. SW  of Nulato, Koyukuk Low.
History: Local descriptive name reported in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Bear Hill (Summit), Norfolk County, Massachusetts (42.2345365, -70.811154)
Description: 0.5 mi SW of Cohasset; Town of Cohasset.
History: The name, Bear Hill, has a long history in the town records while only the middle age and younger people refer to it as Reservoir Hill (apparently for a reservoir at its crest).  The southern part of the hill was once called Town Hill and was the site of the Town Poor Farm (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) files).
Koyuktolik Bay (Bay), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.2416667, -151.9333333)
Description: On the E shore of Cook Inlet at SW tip of Kenai Peninsula, 12.9 km (8 mi) SW of Port Graham, Chugach Mts.
History: Eskimo name reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1908. The name  "Hiko-Bukta" appears to be partly Russian.
Doubtful Peak (Summit), Cochise County, Arizona (32.374887, -109.056752)
Description: on Bureau of Land Management land / Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness, the highest point in the Arizona part of the Peloncillo Mountains, 2.9 mi. NNW of Steins Peak; Secs 23&22, T12S, R32E, Gila and Salt River Meridian
History: Named in association with the adjacent Little Doubtful Canyon and the benchmark on the summit named “Doubtful”.
Bonanza Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (65.0802778, -146.8141667)
Description: flows SW to Little Chena River, 10 mi. W of Chena Dome and 32 mi. NE of Fairbanks, Yukon-Tanana High.; 2.5 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1954 or 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Hoosac Tunnel (Crossing), Berkshire County, Massachusetts (42.6750833, -72.9959335)
Description: Runs through the Hoosac Range and partly through the Berkshire Hills, its W end in the Hoosic River valley 1.5 mi  SE of North Adams, and its E end in the Deerfield River valley; City of North Adams and Town of Florida.
History: This railroad tunnel, named for the Hoosac Range, was constructed between 1851 and 1875 at a cost of 195 lives and 20,000,000 dollars (AGS/p457).
Heather Island (Island), Chugach County, Alaska (60.9730556, -147.0413889)
Description: in Columbia Bay, just S of terminus of Columbia Glacier, 57 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Named by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899; "so named because heather, a species of heath (Calluna Vulgaris), grows on the island."
Fowler Peak (Summit), Dolores County, Colorado (37.856894, -108.0116894)
Description: Located in the Uncompahgre National Forest/Lizard Head Wilderness, near Navajo Basin and Elk Creek Basin and the Wilson Range, approx. 12 miles SW of Telluride
History: Designated by Public Law 116-9, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. Named for Charlie Fowler, who died in a 2006 avalanche while attempting to summit Genyen Peak in Tibet. Mr. Fowler was known in Southwest Colorado for building climbing walls in schools; he received the Robert and Miriam Underhill Award for outstanding mountaineering achievement from the American Alpine Club in 2004.
Kimball County (Civil), Kimball County, Nebraska (41.1976543, -103.7149158)
Description: Located in southwestern Nebraska, 64 km (40 mi) south of the community of Scotts Bluff; county seat: Kimball.
History: Kimball County was named for Thomas L Kimball (1831-1899), a vice president and general manager for the Union Pacific railroad.  The county was formed from a portion of Cheyenne County on 6 November 1888.  (US-T131/1960/NE Placenames, p87)
Huudi Draw (Valley), Deschutes County, Oregon (43.8969676, -121.096126)
Description: 6 mi. long; heads in Deschutes National Forest, 3.2 mi. SE of Swamp Wells Butte, trends NE into Bureau of Land Management land to a point 0.5 mi. S of Stookey Flat; Tps20-21S, Rgs14-13E, Willamette Meridian
History: named for the Paiute word for river, reflecting its formation by flooding ice meltwater
Fort Valley (Valley), Coconino County, Arizona (35.2561025, -111.7127008)
History: An 1894 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map shows the name 'Fort Moroni' originally given to a camp established by John W. Young in 1877 and named for the Mormon Angel Moroni.  Young referred to the area as Leroux Prairie.  In 1908, the first forest experimental station in the US, called 'Fort Valley Experimental Forest' was established here.  A 1912 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map shows the name 'Fort Valley' applied to this feature (US-T121, AZ-T101/p. 243).
William Rust Summit (Summit), Contra Costa County, California (37.9264269, -122.2908969)
Description: In the Berkeley Hills, on the boundary of the city of Richmond and the city of El Cerrito, 0.4 km (0.25 mi) northwest of Camp Herms. (US-T121)
History: Named for William Rust (1857-1922), pioneer settler who was active in business and community affairs. (US-T121)
Hoke County (Civil), Hoke County, North Carolina (35.0175396, -79.2372793)
Description: Located in southern North Carolina, 40 km (25 mi) west of Fayetteville; County Seat:  Raeford.
History: Formed in 1911 from Cumberland and Robeson Counties; named for Robert F Hoke (1837-1912), a Major General in the Army of the Confederacy.  (NC-T11/p231)
Bayou Point (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.8147222, -132.9805556)
Description: on Lindenberg Peninsula, Kupreanof I., at West Petersburg, Alex.  Arch.
History: Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for charting purposes; name published in  1883 Coast Pilot (p. 115).
Seal Slough (Gut), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.7325, -151.8766667)
Description: flows SW to Redoubt Bay in Cook Inlet, 1.5 mi. SW of Kustatan  River and 25 mi. NW of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Local name reported in 1958 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Big Sur River (Stream), Monterey County, California (36.280519, -121.8599558)
Description: 15 miles long. Heads at the confluence of North Fork Big Sur River and South Fork Big Sur River, flows northwest to the Pacific Ocean 4.5 km (2.8 mi) southeast of Point Sur and 4.8 km (3 mi) northwest of the town of Big Sur. (US-T121)
Seagull Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.0305556, 177.6083333)
Description: facing SE to MacArthur Pass, on NE coast of Kiska I., 0.5 mi. N  of Reynard Cove, Aleutian Islands.
History: One of the "bird names" arbitrarily applied to features on  Kiska I. in 1943 by U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) for tactical purposes during World War II.
Mount Calder (Summit), Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska (56.2315192, -133.593699)
Description: 3 mi. N of Shakan Bay, on N coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named on September 21, 1793, by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), for Captain Robert Calder, RN (Wagner, 1937, p. 378).
Flat Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (65.1866667, -142.7966667)
Description: heads at junction of Marks and Orthmer Creeks, flows NE to Charley River 9 mi. S of its junction with Yukon River, Yukon-Tanana High. 12 miles long.
History: Name used by prospectors; taken from an unpublished map by E. J. Chamberlain dated 1902.
Kikoyat Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.3280556, -153.0988889)
Description: flows E 6.4 km (4 mi) to Okokmilaga River, 13.4 km (8.4 mi) S of mouth of Fire  Creek and 63 km (39 mi) E of Kurupa Lake; Brooks Range.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1956 by T. E. Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Tinjikvun Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.0914212, -146.530657)
Description: 6 mi. NW of Venetie and 40 mi. SW of Christian, Yukon Flats.
History: Kutcha-kutchin Indian name obtained in 1956 by T. E.  Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Mimsi Marsh (not official) (Swamp), Clark County, Washington (45.5968253, -122.5331124)
Description: Located 0.5 mi east-southeast of Biddle Lake and 1.5 mi northwest of Fisher.
History: Named for Mary "Mimsi" Wood Olmstead, wife of the proponent; the Washington Board approved the proposal but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) disapproved the name citing its policy of not considering names which commemorate or may be construed to commemorate living persons; please see subject file for further details.
Dry Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.5205556, -147.5886111)
Description: heads at 635000N1473600W, flows N to Clear Creek, 24 mi. S of Fairbanks, Tganana Low. 66 miles long.
History: So called locally because "It is said to join Wood River in times of flood, but during low water it sinks into the gravels and disappears " (Capps, 1912, p. 13).
Hahn Creek (Stream), Linn County, Iowa (41.8952222, -91.4062258)
Description: 3.3 mi. long; flows from the City of Lisbon, W, S, and SE through the City of Mount Vernon to enter Spring Creek
History: The name honors Daniel Seward Hahn (1808-1898) and his wife Parmelia Epperson Hahn (d. 1881), who were two of the earliest settlers of Linn County, in 1837; Secs 22,14,15,10&11, T82N, R5W, Fifth Principal Meridian
Agis-chucka (Area), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (56.6, -169.6416667)
Description: on bluff line E of High Bluff, on N coast of Saint George I.,  in Pribilof Islands.
History: Aleut name reported by Putnam (1903, p. 1013), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), meaning "hollow near the watch place."
Carnivore Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (69.2866667, -145.0302778)
Description: heads at glacier, in Franklin Mts., flows N to Lake Peters, 9 mi. W of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range. 9 miles long.
History: So named by Bee and Hall (1956, p. 295) because the flat floored canyon of this stream is the frequent habitat of the carnivorous grey wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum).
Willow Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.0466667, -147.2363889)
Description: heads in Horn Mts., flows NE to Crooked Creek, 12 mi. NE of  Tahneta Pass and 63 mi. SW of Gulkana, Talkeetna Mts.
History: Local name published by Theodore Chapin (in Brooks and  others, 1915, fig. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The Tusk (Pillar), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (61.1391667, -153.1705556)
Description: in Anoth River basin, 6.5 mi. SW of Kenibuna Lake and 69 mi. W of Tyonek, Alaska Range
History: So named in 1928 by S. R. Capps and Gerald FitzGerald,  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of "the tusk-like appearance of the glaciated granite pinaacle."
T R Mountain (Summit), Essex County, New York (44.143941, -73.9354222)
Description: Located in Adirondack State Park, 2.7 km (1.7 mi) ENE of Avalanche Mountain, 3.2 km (2 mi) SE of the MacIntyre Mountains and 13 km (8 mi) SW of the community of Keene Valley.
History: Named for President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919),the 26th President of the United States from 1901-1909, a frequent visitor to the Adirondack Mountains and an avid supporter of enviromental consevation.
Little Manitou Rocks (Area), Cole County, Missouri (38.6719444, -92.3419444)
Description: Located within Katy Trail State Park, along the south and west side of the Missouri River extending from Moniteau Creek southeastward to Sugar Loaf Rock.
History: The name “Manitou” is of Algonquian origin and refers to the human-like figures that once appeared in pictographs on bluffs along the river.
Town of Harwich (Civil), Barnstable County, Massachusetts (41.6954934, -70.068425)
Description: Located on Cape Cod, 12 mi E of Barnstable; Barnstable County (US-T121).
History: Named for the English seaport Town of Harwich, Essex County, England. Settled after 1670 and incorporated September 14, 1694. In 1772, part was annexed to Eastham. Originally known as Satuckett (MA-T1).
Junction Island (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.8872222, -150.3330556)
Description: in Tanana River, 12 mi. SE of the village of Manley Hot  Springs, Nowitna Low.
History: Riverboat pilots' name published on a 1940 "Navigation  Chart of the Tanana-Yukon Rivers" by the U.S. Dept. of Interior.
Blackbird Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (56.8388889, -135.4336111)
Description: in Necker Is., W of Baranof I., 15 mi. S of Sitka, Alex. Arch.
History: This is a translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published it as "O(strov) Drozdov."
Hilda Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.33, -141.9788889)
Description: flows SW to North Fork Fortymile River, 40 mi. SW of Eagle, Yukon Tanana High. 5 miles long.
History: Prospectors name obtained in 1898 by E. C. Barnard, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Bismark Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.7536111, -165.2641667)
Description: flows NW to Star Creek which flows to South Fork Serpentine River, 5 mi. N of Kougarok Mtn. and 30 mi. SE of Ear Mtn.; Seward Peninsula High. 1.6 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported on the 1908 "Map of Seward Peninsula" by Arthur Gibson.
Mount Hagemeister (Summit), Sitka County, Alaska (56.5106215, -134.8877067)
Description: 20 mi. NW of village of Port Alexander, on S central Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1935 byU.S. Forest Service (USFS)"for Leonti Andreanovich  Hagemeister, governor of Russian America from January 11, 1818, to October  24, 1818."
First Timber Creek (Stream), Dillingham (CA) County, Alaska (60.5826728, -156.5846422)
Description: flows SE 4 mi. to Nushagak River, 80 mi. SE of Sleetmute;  Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: local name reported in 1952 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Lewiston Woodville (Populated Place), Bertie County, North Carolina (36.1229347, -77.1766291)
Description: Located 19.2 km (12 mi) SE of Rich Square and 24.8 km (15.5 mi) SW of Ahoskie.  (US-T121)
History: The town of Woodville merged with the town of Lewiston June 30, 1981.  (US-T121)
Point Cocos (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.3811111, -133.4294444)
Description: S tip of Saint Ignace I., 13 mi. SW of Craig, Alex. Arch.
History: Spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y  Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Punta de Cocos" meaning "palm point."
Rag Lake (Lake), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.0513889, 177.5888889)
Description: S of East Kiska Lake, Kiska I., Aleutian Islands.
History: An arbitrary name beginning with "R" to correspond to "R" grid used by the U.S. Army for tactical purposes during World War II; published on a 1953 Army Map Service (AMS) map.
Knife Peak (Summit), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (56.2641652, -159.0961639)
Description: 12 mi. NE of Mount Veniaminof and 27 mi. W of Chignik, on  Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range
History: Descriptive name reported in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Greentop Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.8555556, -136.4833333)
Description: 1.2 mi. NW of Point Theodore, off S coast of Yakobi I., 20 mi. NW of Chichagof, Alex. Arch.
History: Descriptive name published in 1928 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "The top is grass covered."
Granite Islands (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.5963889, -136.1941667)
Description: 6 mi. SW of Chichagof, on W coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch. 1 mile long.
History: Descriptive name given in 1925 by a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field party because of granite like rock of which the islands are composed. The name was published in 1928 on Chart 8280.
Featherly Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (57.7736111, -156.1227778)
Description: heads on Mount Burls, flows NE to Becharof Lake, on Alaska Peninsula, 14 mi. NW of Kanatak, Aleutian Range. 13 miles long.
History: Name reported in 1920 by G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as a tributary to Simeon Creek. Featherly Creek is shown as the main stream, with Simeon Creek a tributary, on a map published in 1924 by S. R. Capps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Ipnelivik River (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.7091667, -156.1777778)
Description: Heading in the Schwatka Mountains at Shishakshinovik Pass, flowing N to the Noatak River, 40 mi. SE of Howard Pass, Brooks Range. 19 miles long.
History: Eskimo name meaning "sheep raising place," derived from "imnaik" ("imnak", meaning "cliff"), the name for the Dallsheep, (Ovis dalli dalli); shown on 1911 fieldsheet by C. E. Giffin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Comet Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.5713889, -142.1338889)
Description: flows SW to North Fork Fortymile River, 32 mi. SW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High. 18 miles long.
History: Named by prospectors and reported in 1898 by E. C. Barnard (1899, map 10), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This stream was reported in 1899 by Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, as "Count Creek."
Ratz Harbor (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.8847222, -132.5997222)
Description: Indenting NE coast Prince of Wales Island on the W side of Clarence Strait, 7.5 mi. W of Onslow I., 25 mi NNW of Kasaan, Alex. Arch.
History: A transilerated Russian name, "Gav(an) Rats" or "Rats Harbor," first published on a map dated 1849 in Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkof's atlas of America (1825, map 9).
Foot Lake (Lake), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.6352208, -132.6176732)
Description: On Prince of Wales Island, 2.5 mi WNW of Salt Chuck, near head of Kasaan Bay, Alex. Arch. 1500 feet long.
History: Local descriptive name reported by C. I. Sainsbury, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1956, who stated that the name "is suggested by the shape of the lake."
Tsaa Fiord (Bay), Yakutat County, Alaska (60.0736111, -141.4497222)
Description: On the W side of Icy Bay, 13.5 mi N of Point Riou.
History: Exposed by the recent retreat of Guyot Glaacier; "Tsaa" is the local Tlingit Indian word meaning "seal".  Reportedly there are many seals in the area and they often sun themselves on icebergs in this fiord.
Garnet Point (Cape), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (54.7205556, -130.6894444)
Description: at S end of Kangunut I., Coast Mts.
History: Name given in 1883 by Lieutenant Commander by H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); published erroneously in 1885 as Garnot Point by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Desolation Peak (Summit), Siskiyou County, California (41.9276201, -123.2197176)
Description: In the Siskiyou Mountains, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) west of Red Butte and 9.7 km (6 mi) north of the community of Seiad Valley.  (US-T121)
History: So named because the peak is bare of vegetation.  (US-T121)
Jim Creek (Stream), Siskiyou County, California (41.7817979, -123.0711525)
Description: In the Marlble Mountains, flows northeast to the Klamath River 90 m (300 ft) east of Mitchell Creek and 0.96 km (0.6 mi) west of Hamburg.  (US-T121)
History: Named for James Mitchell who had a placer claim at the mouth of the stream.  (US-T121)
Middle Mountain (Summit), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (57.4542793, -134.2685482)
Description: On Admiralty Island, 49 mi NE of Sitka and 7 mi N of Soapberry Mountain, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name reported in 1962 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Named for the middle arm of Pybus Bay, which trends toward it. "The Indians have called it by  this name for many years."
Simpson Cove (Bay), North Slope County, Alaska (69.975, -144.9105556)
Description: off Camden Bay, S of Collinson Point, 28 mi. SW of Barter I.,  Arctic Plain.
History: Named by Lieutenant Commander C. H. Stockton, U.S. Navy (USN), for Thomas Simpson, factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who with Peter Warren Dease in 1837, made an exploring journey along the Arctic coast from the mouth of the  Mackenzie River to Point Barrow.
Lake Morris (Lake), Sitka City County, Alaska (57.8313226, -136.289693)
Description: 13.5 mi. NW of Chichagof, on W coast of Chichagof I., Alex.  Arch.
History: Named in 1917 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and published by R. M. Overbeck (in Martin and others, 1919, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Muse Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.4572222, -133.9508333)
Description: in Gambier Bay, on E coast of Admiralty I., 0.8 mi. NW of  Church Point, and 60 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, 1SN; name  published in 1892 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Fox Creek (Stream), Copper River County, Alaska (61.4813889, -144.4786111)
Description: flows SE to O'Brien Creek, 1.2 mi. NW of Taral and 63 mi. ENE of Valdez, Chugach Mts. 6 miles long.
History: Local name published in the 1950's by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Konedsin Minnkohwin Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.3674682, -151.997944)
Description: E of Kodosin Minnkohwin Lake, 22 mi. SE of Allakaket, Kanuti Flats.
History: Koyukuk Indian name obtained in 1956 at Allakaket by T. E.  Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Pilarcitos Creek (Stream), San Mateo County, California (37.4752187, -122.4496983)
Description: Heads on the south slope of Whiting Ridge 1.3 km (0.8 mi) east of North Peak, flows east-southeast, through Pilarcitos Lake to join Albert Canyon where it flows southwest for 4.8 km (3 mi) to the community of Half Moon Bay and continues west-northwest for 3.2 km (2 mi) to enter Half Moon Bay and the Pacific Ocean. (US-T121)
Point Hope (Cape), North Slope County, Alaska (68.3408333, -166.8333333)
Description: on Chukchi Sea coast, 40 mi. SW of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope
History: Named August 2, 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 265), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, "I named it Point Hope in compliment to Sir William Johnstone  Hope". According to Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 96) Hope was from a  "well-known house long connected with the sea". The Russians discovered this  point of land late in the eighteenth century and called it "M(ys) Golovnia" or "Cape Golovnin". The Eskimo name is descriptive, "Tikarakh" or "tikiqaq" commonly spelled "Tiagara," meaning "forefinger".