cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Okpilak Glacier (Glacier), North Slope County, Alaska (69.1546479, -144.0382299)
Description: In the Romanzof Mts., Brooks Range at the head of the Okpilak River, 13 mi SW of Mount Hubley, 9 mi. S of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range.
History: Leffingwell does not list this as a geographic name, but his text (1919, pl. 18) includes photographs of Okpilak Glacier. Named for the stream that heads at its foot.
Healy Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (63.8516667, -148.9375)
Description: flows W to Nenana River 0.5 mi. SE of Healy, Alaska Range. 25 miles long.
History: Name recorded as "Healy Fork: in 1902 by Collier (1903, p. 45) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "Named after Captain J. J. Healy, president of the North American Transportation and Trading Company" (Baker, 1906, p. 301).
California Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1883333, -150.4269444)
Description: headwaters partially diverted by Thanksgiving Ditch, flows SW to New York Creek, 23 mi. SSW of Rampart, Yukon-Tanana High. 6.2 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1906 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Prindle, 1908, pl. 5).
Chokosna Lake (Lake), Copper River County, Alaska (61.4592468, -143.8138375)
Description: N of Gilahina Butte, 2 mi. E of Billy Lake and 30 mi. W of McCarthy, Copper River Basin. 0.4 mile long.
History: Indian name, first applied to nearby river; published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1951.
Sycamore Creek (Stream), Yavapai County, Arizona (34.8633526, -112.0782168)
Description: Tributary of Verde River
History: The stream was shown as 'Dragoon Fork' in an 1879 US Army map and as 'Sycamore Creek' on a 1902-03 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map (US-T121).
Cape Korovin (Cape), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.3166667, -174.4625)
Description: on NW coast of Atka I.; Aleutian Islands.
History: named for Korovin Bay, published as "M(ys) Korovei," or "Cape Korovei," by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 13), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Graves County (Civil), Graves County, Kentucky (36.7231382, -88.6512058)
Description: Located in southwestern Kentucky along the boundary with Tennessee, about 97 kkm (60 mi) west-southwest of Hopkinsville;  County Seat:  Mayfield.
History: Established in 1823, named for Major Benjamin Franklin Graves (1771-1813), who was killed on 22 January 1813 in the Battle of River Basin.  (KY-T1/p123)
Coal Creek (Stream), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.6338889, -137.5411111)
Description: in Glacier Bay National Monument, flows NW to Lituya Bay, 1.3  mi. E of Cenotaph Point and 84 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Local name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the 1950's.
Beta Rock (Bar), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.6133333, -133.6191667)
Description: Located between the Gulf of Esquibel and Sonora Passage, near the south end of the Maurelle Isands, Alexander Archipelago.
History: Named in 1925 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); derived "from the second letter  of the Greek alphabet."
Mekoryuk River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.3819444, -166.1816667)
Description: heads at 600400N1662100W, flows NE to Shoal Bay at Mekoryuk, 3 mi. S of Cape Etolin, on N coast of Nunivak I.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1937 by U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Noxapaga River (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.3775, -164.2588889)
Description: Heads 9.5 mi W of Imuruk Lake and 1.2 mi NW of Andromeda Cone, flowing NW 4 mi, then W 22 mi, and then S 30 mi to the Kuzitrin River, 15 mi NNW of Mount Bendeleben; Seward Peninsula High.
History: Eskimo name shown on a 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee.
Hallo Bay (Bay), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.4468085, -153.9996052)
Description: on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 35 mi. NE of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range. 7.5 miles wide.
History: Published in 1868 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); Transliteration of a native word, published in French as P(ort)e Aiou by Admiral von Krusenstern (1827, map 17), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); in Russian as Z(aliv) Ayu by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Local pronunciation of the name was like "Hello," according to W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1868; whereas G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1905 reported the native pronunciation as "Ayou" or "Aiv."
Uhaskek (historical) (Populated Place), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.4, -152.6333333)
Description: between Gull and Dangerous Capes, on SE coast of Kodiak I.
History: Former Eskimo village or camp recorded in 1804 as "Oohaskeck" by Captain Lisianski (1814, map facing p. 169), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Chicago Boy Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.3486111, -142.5675)
Description: flows NW to join Little Manila Creek to form Manila Creek, 50 mi. SW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High. 5 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name shown on an 1898 manuscript map by C. A. Woodruff, Fort Cudahy, Canada.
Bonanza Creek (Stream), Copper River County, Alaska (62.0788889, -141.8747222)
Description: in Nutzotin Mts., flows SW to Chathenda Creek 7 mi. E of that stream's junction with Chisana River, Alaska Range; 5 miles long.
History: Named by W. E. James and Peter Nelson, prospectors, who made a discovery on this stream May 3, 1913 (Brooks and others, 1914, p. 315).
Caribou Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (65.2863889, -146.5425)
Description: flows S to Chatanika River, 9 mi. WNW of Mount Ryan and 48 mi NE of Fairbanks, Yukon-Tanana High. 3.3 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1954 or 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Blooms Eddy (historical) (Rapids), Clark County, Indiana (38.26863, -85.75755)
Description: The geographic coordinates are close, but approximate, and are in the general vicinity.
History: The feature is reportedly at or near this location based on local information and the source. The only known reference is on page 3 in Indiana Geological Survey Annual Report 005, 1873. The reference is "The eddy is just below the first rapid. The early settlers availed themselves of this eddy as a landing place, and made portages from this landing to Jeffersonville..." The origin of the specific name Bloom is unknown. This feature is classified as historical because there is no other known refernce and this area of the river has been altered somewhat since the late nineteenth century with various water control devices, and so the natural eddy likley no longer exists.
Cottonwood Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.2822222, -145.8488889)
Description: flows SW to Caribou Creek, 9 mi. N of Big Delta, Tanana Low. 5 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1910 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Capps, 1912, pl. 1).
Rocky Point (Cape), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.2233333, -134.5852778)
Description: on S shore of Whitewater Bay, on SW coast of Admiralty I., Alex. Arch.
History: Descriptive name given in 1881 by Commander Glass, U.S. Navy (USN), and  published in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 175).
Tiedeman Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.8261111, -134.1552778)
Description: in Seymour Canal, off E coast of Admiralty I., 27 mi. NE of  Angoon; Alex. Arch.
History: named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), and published in the 1883  Coast Pilot (p. 129).
Jincy Creek (Stream), Forsyth County, North Carolina (36.037222, -80.315398)
Description: 0.9 mi. long; in the City of Winston-Salem, heads 1.3 mi. SSW of Frontis, flows SSW into Kimel Branch 1 mi. SE of Atwood
History: The name commemorates Jincy Alspaugh Griffith (1825-1855), who lived near the stream.
Delta Islands (Island), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.7438889, -150.2377778)
Description: extend 6 mi. in course of Susitna River, 4.5 mi. W of Willow,  and 36 mi. NW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Local descriptive name reported in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Agvignak Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.79908, -164.1636)
Description: flows S to Wulik River, 12 mi. NE of Kivalina, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 1 mile long.
History: Eskimo name spelled "Avenak" in 1950 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Herring Bay (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (56.8147222, -135.4)
Description: on S coast of Elovoi I., 2 mi. SW of Goddard, on W coast of Baranof I ., Alex. Arch. 0.2 mile wide.
History: Local name used by fishermen; published in 1929 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Chirikof Point (Cape), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.8347222, 173.4127778)
Description: The easternmost peninsula of Attu Island, Aleutian Islands.
History: Named for Captain Lieutenant Alexie Ilich Chirikov who was in  command of the Saint Paul on the official Russian exploring expedition, under Vitus Bering; he is given credit for the discovery of the Alaska  mainland in 1741. This cape was called "Mys Vostochnoy" meaning "east cape" (Tebenkov, 1852, map 30). The translated name "East Cape" was used on American charts until the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) decision was given.
Pony Bob Peak (Summit), Churchill County, Nevada (39.328378, -118.462883)
Description: On Bureau of Land Management land, SW of Stillwater Range, 3.6 mi. N of Fourmile Flat; Secs 23,24,13&14, T17N, R31E, Mount Diablo Meridian
History: The name commemorates Robert “Pony Bob” Haslam (1840-1912), considered the most famous Pony Express rider.
Natrahazuivun Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.6382631, -144.4621704)
Description: 1 mi. S of Black River and 23 mi. NE of Fort Yukon, Yukon Flats.
History: Kutchin Indian name obtained in 1956 by T. E. Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Seepanpak Inlet (Bay), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.3333333, -169.2833333)
Description: Flows NW from Seepanpak Lagoon to Bering Sea, on Saint Lawrence Island, 18 mi. W of Northeast Cape, St. Lawrence Island.
History: Eskomo Name reported in 1932 by O. W. Geist, University of Alaska, as "Seepenpak."
Hooligan Point (Cape), Wrangell County, Alaska (56.6441667, -132.3213889)
Description: On the downstream end of Limb Island in the Stikine River, 12 mi NNE of Wrangell and 26 mi SE of Petersburg, Coast Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1961 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS); Tlingit Indian name  "euchalon" recorded in 1948 for this point by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Fairway Rock (Island), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.6263889, -168.8416667)
Description: In Bering Strait, 10 mi SE of Little Diomede Island and 18 mi W of Cape Prince of Wales, at the W end of Seward Peninsula.
History: So named in 1826 by Captain Beechey, Royal Navy (RN), (1831, p. 246) because "it is an excellent guide to the eastern channel, which is the widest and best."  Beechey recorded its Eskimo name as "Oo-ghee-ak" on his chart and as "Ooghe-eyak" in his text (p. 637).
Hall Peak (Summit), Petersburg County, Alaska (56.97825, -133.1637128)
Description: in Missionary Range, 13 mi. NW of Petersburg, on N central Lindenberg Peninsula, Kupreanof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Captain  Charles Francis Hall, Arctic explorer, who died in 1871.
Gory Hill (Summit), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9222222, 177.4763889)
Description: 0.6 mi. N of Bukhti Point, south-central Kiska I., Aleutian I.
History: An arbitrary name beginning with G to correspond to the G grid used by the U.S. Army for tactical purposes during World War ii; published on a 1953 Army Map Service (AMS) map.
Grubstake Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.7583333, -149.4305556)
Description: heads in a lake, flows NW through Grubstake Gulch to Willow Creek, 15 mi. NW of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1942 by Army Map Service (AMS).
Kookoolik Cape (Cape), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.6947222, -170.35)
Description: On the N coast of Saint Lawrence Island, N of Kookooligit Mountains, 4 mi. E of Savoonga, 9.6 mi NW of Singikpo Cape, it forms the E limit of Punellok Bay.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1932 by O. W. Geist, University of Alaska. Orth spelled the name "Kukuliak," as reported by informants at  Savoonga in 1965. See Kookoolik.
Forty Foot Gully (Valley), Shenandoah County, Virginia (38.8282188, -78.5123173)
Description: Heads on the W slope of Powell Mountain, trends NW to join the valley thrugh which flows the North Fork Shenandoah River, 4.3 km (2.7 mi) E of Edinburg, 4.5 km (2.8 mi) S of Woodstock.
History: This name describes the forty foot drop of this feature into the North Fork Shenandoah River.
High Valley (Valley), Copper River County, Alaska (63.0850524, -146.1911746)
Description: extends SE from Maclaren River, between Denali Highway and Amphitheater Mts., 12 mi. NW of Paxson, Alaska Range. 20 miles long.
History: Descriptive name given in 1955 by T L. Péwé, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Swift Fork (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.5763889, -153.4994444)
Description: Flows NW from the Chedotlothna Glacier near the SW boundary of Denali National Park to the North Fork Kuskokwim River, 2 mi. SE to Little Hog Butte and 50 mi. NE of Medfra; Kuskokwim Low.
History: Local name reported about 1912 by Jacob Johnson, trapper, as "Swift River" or "as the natives called it 'Shangavinapok.'" Although local usage of "McKinley Fork" was reported in 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "Swift Fork" was recommended in 1956.
Minto Lakes (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (64.903361, -148.7688316)
Description: near mouth of Goldstream Creek, 34 mi. NW of Fairbanks; Tanana Low.
History: this is a Tanana Indian name published in 1861 by P.  Tikhmeniev as "Oz(ero) Mintokh" or "Lake Mintokh." apply the name to a  vaguely shown single lake, present-day usage applies the name to all the  lakes in this lowland area. Geoghegan spells the name "Mintu," the first  syllable, "min", meaning "lake."
Salt Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1488889, -151.1583333)
Description: partially ditched, flows SE to Trail Creek 0.5 mi. NE of that  stream's junction with Boulder Creek and 27 mi. E of Tanana, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Local name reported in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
East Point (Cape), Wrangell County, Alaska (56.3858333, -132.4083333)
Description: on E coast of Woronkofski I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1886 by Lieutenant Commander A. S. Snow, U.S. Navy (USN); name published in 1887 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 706.
Konets Head (Summit), Aleutians West County, Alaska (53.3067311, -167.8303124)
Description: on SW tip of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Russian name published by Captain Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1852 as ?S. W. Konets" (map 26), and translated by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888 as "Southwest end."
Taritsi Gulch (Valley), Siskiyou County, California (41.3505454, -122.8290571)
Description: Flows east to Cedar Gulch in Scott Valley, 5.3 km (3.3 mi) northwest of Callahan. (US-T121)
History: "Taritsi" is the word used to describe a female American Indian in the language of the Shasta Tribe of California. (US-T121)
Crooked Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.2794444, -145.8233333)
Description: flows E to Harrington Fork Birch Creek 63 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. 9 miles long.
History: Named by prospectors and reported in 1911 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Prindle, 1913, pl. 1).
Hoke Creek (Stream), Mason County, Washington (47.2942502, -122.9009628)
Description: 2.9 mi long; heads 2.6 mi NE of Dolugall Point, flows generally SW to enter Pickering Passage 0.9 mi NW of Jarrell Cove; Secs. 23,24,11&12, T21N, R2W, Willamette Meridian
History: Named for the Hoke family, earlier settlers in the area
Quartz Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.2597222, -151.3622222)
Description: in Rampart Mts., flows SE to Yukon River, 22 mi. ENE of Tanana,  Kokrines-Hodzana High.
History: Prospectors' name from Edwards Track Chart of the Yukon,  dated 1899; published by Cantwell (1902, p. 277), U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS).
Shirley Mountain (Summit), Powell County, Montana (46.9428744, -112.805691)
Description: 6.9 mi. WSW of Lincoln, 0.85 mi. WSW of Long Point; Sec 25, T14N, R10W, Montana Principal Meridian.
History: The name honors Shirley Jo (Lewis) Feeback (1928-2010), who spent her summers at the summit.
Surprise Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.4719444, -150.1277778)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, flows NW to Kenai River, 40 mi. SE of Kenai,  Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported about 1911 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Martin, G. C., and  others, 1915, pl. 2).
Sumdum (historical) (Populated Place), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.6722222, -133.4841667)
Description: population 42 (1890), at head of Sanford Cove on S shore of Endicott Arm, 8 mi. SE of Harbor I. and 55 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Former mining town named for Sumdum Glacier; Sumdum post office was intermittently maintained here from 1897 to 1942 (Ricks, 1965, p. 62). This may be the same Sumdum which Hodge (1910, p. 649), Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), listed as a Tlingit Indian village located at Port Houghton. He noted the population in 1868 as 150.
Mud Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8666667, -163.5166667)
Description: flows SE to Mystery Creek 2 mi. upstream from its junction with Niukluk River, 34 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Collier and other, 1908, p. 240).
Giant Ledge Stream (Stream), Ulster County, New York (42.0327778, -74.4211111)
Description: Located in Catskill Park State Forest Preserve in the Town of Shandaken, heads 0.6 km (0.4 mi) south-southwest of Panther Mountain, flows southwest to join Esopus Creek 2.1 km (1.3 mi) north of Winnisook Lake.
History: Named in association with nearby Giant Ledge.
Widow Lake (Lake), Lassen County, California (40.536709, -121.2625588)
Description: Located in sec 24,T31N,R6E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In Lassen Volcanic National Park, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) north-northeast of Ash Butte and 2.9 km (1.8 mi) west-southwest of Black Butte. (US-T121)
Town of Leverett (Civil), Franklin County, Massachusetts (42.4736087, -72.4874683)
Description: Located 11 mi SE of Greenfield; Franklin County (US-T121).
History: Settled about 1713, incorporated as a town in 1774. Named for John Leverett (1662-1724), a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Providence and a president of Harvard College (MA-T1/p27).
Coxe Glacier (Glacier), Chugach County, Alaska (61.1438974, -148.0368197)
Description: trends SW to Barry Arm E of Barry Glacier, 5.9 mi. E of Anchorage, Chugach Mts. 6.7 miles long.
History: Named in 1910 by U. S. Grant and D. F. Higgins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for the Reverend William Coxe, who in 1780 published an account of Russian discoveries.
Carlisle County (Civil), Carlisle County, Kentucky (36.8532164, -88.9710588)
Description: Located in southwestern Kentucky, along the Mississippi River and the boundary with Missouir, about 32 km (20 mi) southwest of Paducah; County Seat:  Bardwell.
History: Established in 1886, named for John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910).  He represented Kentucky in the US Congress from 1877 to 1891, and served as Speaker of the House for 6 of those years.  Served in the US Sentate, and as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of the Treasury.  (KY-T1/p50)
Roanoke Island (Island), Dare County, North Carolina (35.8826713, -75.6554512)
History: Roanoke Island, part of the Outer Banks, is the site of the first attempted English Colony in North America in 1587.  The governor, White, left for England to re-supply the colony, but was delayed by the impending attack by the Spanish Armada.  When he finally was able to return in 1590, no trace of the colony was found, only the word CROATOAN carved in a post, which was the name of some local Indians in the area.  Rough weather made searching impossible.  Numerous attempts were made over the years to find "The Lost Colony", even by the settlers at Jamestown, but no trace was ever found.  The first English child born in the "New World" , Virginia Dare, was born here.
Montauk Bluff (Cliff), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (65.1127778, -141.4958333)
Description: extends 1 mi. on N bank of Yukon River, 23 mi. NNW of Eagle, Porcupine Plateau
History: Local name published in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Probably the  "Montauk Point" reported in 1900 by Lieutenant J. C. Cantwell, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), although Baker (1906, p. 442) states that the point is on the left bank.
Newman Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (63.9788889, -147.2619444)
Description: flows N to Dry Creek, 52 mi. NE of Healy, Alaska Range
History: Prospectors' name shown on a 1910 fieldsheet by J. W. Bagley, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); published by Capps (1912, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Tisuk River (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8880556, -166.4025)
Description: flows W to Bering Sea, 11 mi. SE of Cape Douglas and 40 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1900 as "Tisuk" by E. C. Barnard  (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kokinhenik Branch (Channel), Chugach County, Alaska (60.3491667, -145.0933333)
Description: distributary of Copper River, flows S to Gulf of Alaska, 22 mi.  NW of Katalla, Malaspina Coastal Plain.
History: Name reported on a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) manuscript dated 1898, of the Copper River delta.
Fulton Creek (Stream), Yakutat County, Alaska (60.0502778, -142.2477778)
Description: Flows SW and SE to the Gulf of Alaska, 1 mi W of the mouth of the White River and 46 mi E of the terminus of Bering Glacier, 91 mi. WNW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 20 miles long.
History: Named prior to 1903 for Walter S. Fulton, one of the first to locate oil lands at Cape Yakataga in 1898. Reported in 1903 by G. C. Martin (1905, p. 26), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Brevig Mission (Populated Place), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.3347222, -166.4891667)
Description: At mouth of Shelman Creek, on N shore of Port Clarence, 6 mi NW of Teller, Seward Pen.
History: Established 1892 as Teller Reindeer Station by Sheldon Jackson, who named it for the Hon. Henry Moore Teller (1830-1914), U.S. senator 1876-82 and 1885-1909, and Secretary of the Interior (1882-85). The station was operated by the U.S. Government from 1892 to 1900. On September 1, 1900, a Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran mission was established and received 100 deer on a five-year loan from the Government (Jackson, 1906, p. 15). About 1906, the U.S. Government role diminished and the mission became dominant. The population in 1950 was 109. No population available prior to that year. In 1963 when the post office was established, the village council chose Brevig Mission to honor Reverend T. L. Brevig, the first missionary to the area. This may have been the site of an old Eskimo village. See Siniogamute.
Delaware County (Civil), Delaware County, Ohio (40.2783947, -83.0048783)
Description: Located in central Ohio, just north of Columbus; County Seat:  Delaware.
History: Established in 1808; named for the local Algonquin Indians who took their name from the Delaware River in Delaware and Pennsylvania, an area where the Tribe formerly lived.  The Tribe relocated to Ohio in the 1700s.  (OH-T801/p276)
North Fork Cholla Wash (Arroyo), Maricopa County, Arizona (33.5708716, -112.5209999)
Description: Heads in the White Tank Mountains, 1.6 km (1 mi) NNE of the source of Cholla Wash, trends ENE for 2.4 km (1.5 mi), then E for 0.6 km (0.4 mi), then ESE for .6 km (.4 mi) to the confluence with Cholla Wash.
History: Named for the proximity to Cholla Wash.
Tolstoi Point (Cape), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.3961111, -152.1261111)
Description: between Seal and Tonki Bays, 36 mi. NE of Afognak, on NE coast of Afognak I., N of Kodiak I.
History: Transliteration of the descriptive name "M(ys) Tolstyy," meaning "broad point" published by the Russian American Company in 1849.