cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Mount Villard (Summit), Haines County, Alaska (59.2714945, -135.3046449)
Description: 5 mi. N of mouth of Katzehin River, on Chilkoot Inlet, 13 mi. S  of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History: Probably named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1883 for Henry Villard, 1835-1900, American journalist and financier. The name was published in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 199). Henry Villard was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1853. He was a newspaper reporter  and reported the Lincoln-Douglas debates. He also was a Civil War correspondent.
Goat Creek (Stream), Juneau County, Alaska (58.4302778, -134.4727778)
Description: flows mostly NW to Nugget Creek, 1 mi. SE of Bullard Mtn. and 9 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. 2 miles long.
History: Name published in 1912 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Knopf, pl. 1).
Williams Cove (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.8566667, -133.6261111)
Description: On the W side of Tracy Arm, 4 mi. N of Holkham Bay, 6 mi N of Harbor island, 7.5 mi W of Mount Sumdum, and 38 mi. SW of Juneau.
History: Named by Maxine Williams for her husband, Valta F. Williams (1907-1962), who guided many hunters in this area and who organized the first Guides Association of Southeast Alaska. He lived in Alaska for almost 30 years and was an outdoordman, hunter, fisherman, and guide.
Mesa Mountain (Summit), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (60.3618809, -155.2118934)
Description: 2 mi. E of Tutna Lake and 28 mi. NW of Nondalton, Alaska Range
History: Descriptive name given by R. H. Sargent and P. S. Smith,  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1914. It was called Cornforth Peak by early prospectors.
Flat Island (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.0166667, -159.8833333)
Description: in Yukon River along S coast of Fox Point I., Innoko Low. 2 miles long.
History: Riverboat pilots' name shown on a 1940 "Navigation Chart of the Tanana-Yukon Rivers" published by the U.S. Dept of Interior.
Yakobi Peak (Summit), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (57.9140403, -136.4512373)
Description: on S central Yakobi I., off W coast of Chichagof I., 22 mi. NW of Chichagof
History: Name published in 1929 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8260; probably  for Yakobi Island.
Aubrey Creek (Stream), Siskiyou County, California (41.5865119, -123.5158935)
Description: Heads on the southwest slope of Pony Peak, flows southeastward for 2.5 miles to the Klamath River 3.2 km (2 mi) west of Ukonom Mountain and 12.8 km (8 mi) southeast of Bear Peak. (US-T121)
Chugul Island (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9436111, -175.8205556)
Description: between Atka and Adak Islands., Andreanof Islands., Aleutian Islands. 5 miles long.
History: Aleut name reported by early Russian explorers and recorded as "Tshugulla " by Commodore Joseph Billings, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1790. Two forms, "Tchougoul" and "Tchougoulak," were published by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 320), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN),. The island is shown as Chugul Island by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot (p. 103).
Merrymount (Populated Place), Norfolk County, Massachusetts (42.2625993, -70.9953259)
Description: On Quincy Bay 0.8 mi NE of Quincy; City of Quincy.
History: The city has revived the old name applied to this locality in the 17th century, when according to Bradford's History, Morton and his mates "chainged allso (sic) the name of their place and instead of calling it Mounte Wollaston, they call it Merie Mounte (sic)" (MGB 1932).
Mount Armour (Summit), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.9056896, -138.7072646)
Description: On the Alaska-Canada boundary 4 mi SE of Mount Aylesworth and  44 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named jointly by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) in 1923 for John D. Armour, Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada and one of the original British members  of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903. Name was proposed by Lawrence Martin of the U.S. State Department.
Lake Nerka (Lake), Dillingham County, Alaska (59.5158641, -158.9828311)
Description: extends S from Akulukpak River to River Bay, 30 mi. N of Dillingham, Kulbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: So named in 1910 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) because the lake is a great  spawning ground of the red or blueback salmon (Nerka). The Eskimo name of the lake, "Agulukpak," meaning "big aguluk," was obtained in 1898 as  "Agouloukpak" from A. Mittendorf, a local trader, by J. E. Spurr and W. S.  Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This is probably the same lake called "Pamiek" by Captain M. D. Tebenkov (1852, map 4), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Fish Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.4008333, -142.8133333)
Description: flows NW to Middle Fork Fortymile River, 55 mi. SW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High. 18 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name obtained in 1898 by E. C. Barnard, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Pulizzi Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.1038889, -135.2897222)
Description: in Icy Bay, off N coast of Chichagof I., 1 mi. E of Spasski Bay  and 35 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1901 by E. F. Dickins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), and published in  the 1901 Coast Pilot (p. 204).
Uno Basin (Basin), Chugach County, Alaska (61.1533333, -146.5497222)
Description: near head of Uno Creek, 1.4 mi. NE of Shoup Bay and 9.8 mi. N  of Valdez, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1909 by U.S. Grant and D. F. Higgins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Shelton (historical) (Populated Place), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.2263889, -164.8180556)
Description: along right bank of Kuzitrin River, 45 mi. E of Teller and 53 mi. NE of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.
History: The settlement of Lanes Landing was established about 1901 at the ford where the trail from Nome to the Kougarok gold mining region crossed the Kuzitrin River. The settlement was probably named for Charles D. Lane, who started building the Seward Peninsula Railroad at Nome in 1900 and completed it to here in 1906 (Cole, 1953, p. 13). In 1907 the Shelton Post Office was established here and the village picked up the name. Balcom (1965, p. 30) states that Shelton "was active from 1907 to 1918," the same year the post office was discontinued.
Clem Nelson Peak (Summit), Inyo County, California (37.3952328, -118.1730312)
Description: In Inyo National Forest/Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, in the White Mountains, 10 mi E of Laws; Sec 30, T6S, R35E, Mount Diablo Meridian
History: Named in honor of former UCLA geology professor Clemens Arvid Nelson (1918-2004), paleontologist, WWII veteran, and researcher of trilobites and Early-to-Middle Cambrian boundaries of the area.
Race Point (Cape), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.1111111, -149.4763889)
Description: At the E end of the SE ridge of Marathon Mountain, 1 mi W of Seward, Chugach Mountains.
History: So named in 1965 by the Mountaineering Club of Alaska because "this is the turning point of the Marathon Mountain race held each  year on July 4." See Marathon Mountain.
Logan Glacier (Glacier), Copper River County, Alaska (60.7771004, -141.1796344)
Description: Heading in Canada on the N slopes of Mount Logan, flowing NW across the Alaska boundary to form the headwaters of the Chitina River, 13 mi. SW of Mount Tittmann and 115 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named in 1912-13 by International Boundary Commission (IBC) because of its nearness to Mount Logan. Mount Logan was named by I. C. Russell in 1890, in honor of Sir William Edmond Logan, "founder and long director of the Geological Survey of Canada," who was born in Montreal and educated in the British Isles. After working for a while in a copper smelting works in Swansea, he became actively interested in geology, especially the coal beds of South Wales. He was director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1842-69. He was knighted in 1856.
Anvil Bay (Bay), Dillingham (CA) County, Alaska (59.5486111, -158.7844444)
Description: in Lake Nerka, N of Frog Mts., 38 mi. NW of Dillingham,  Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.;
History: Local name; published in 1929 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF).
Thompson River (Stream), Livingston County, Missouri (39.7639046, -93.6143804)
Description: 188 mile long tributary of Grand River.
History: The BGN approved the name Thompson River for Federal use in 1922. The 71st General Assembly of the State of Iowa enacted and approved (March 5, 1985) a change to the name of the portion of the river in Iowa to Grand River. As such, the latter name is official for State use; however, this action is not binding to the Federal Government.
Trammel Creek (Stream), Sumner County, Tennessee (36.34001, -86.38984)
Description: 5.1 mi. long; heads in the City of Gallatin 2.3 mi. ENE of the mouth of Town Creek, flows SE to enter Old Hickory Lake on the Cumberland River 1 mi. NE of Odoms Bend
History: The name commemorates William Trammel (1936-2006), who was employed at a nearby Tennessee Valley Authority facility.
Kitleekot Rocks (Bar), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.6972222, -170.2833333)
Description: 0.5 mi N of Kookoolik Cape in the central part of Saint Lawrence Island, 4 mi. E of Savoonga.
History: Eskimo name recommended by the Savoonga village council and reported in 1949 by Major H. B. Allen, U.S. Air Force (USAF).
San Ygnacio (Populated Place), Zapata County, Texas (27.0425317, -99.4400404)
History: Founded about 1790 by Juan Trevino, who named the town after the patron saint of his hometown of Guerrero, Spain.  The townsite is part of the Hacienda de Dolores land grant, given to Jose Vasquez Borrego by Jose de Escandon in 1750. (TX-T2/V2/p562)
Atshichlut Mountain (Summit), Dillingham County, Alaska (59.7252022, -159.843854)
Description: 4 mi. SW of Nenevok Lake, 74 mi. NE of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1898 by W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Jefferson County (Civil), Jefferson County, Nebraska (40.1757609, -97.1427157)
Description: Located in southeastern Nebraska along the boundary with Kansas, just east of Beatrice; County Seat:  Fairbury.
History: Named for Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third President of the United States from 1801-1809.  Boundaries were defined on 26 January 1856.  (NE-T18/p81)
Tatlalinguk Pass (Gut), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (63.0677778, -163.4469444)
Description: in Yukon Delta, extends N from Apoon Pass to Pastol Bay, 41 mi.  NE of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo name obtained in 1899 by R. L. Faris, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS);  published in 1901 on Chart 9372.
Klag Bay (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (57.6447222, -136.0955556)
Description: at Chichagof, on W coast of Chichagof I.; Alex. Arch.
History: local Tlingit Indian name reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1908 and  published in 1908 Coast Pilot (p. 173).
Rhino Peak (Summit), Juneau County, Alaska (58.5589946, -134.4396978)
Description: at head of Mendenhall Glacier, 2 mi. NE of Mendenhall Towers and 18 mi. N of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Descriptive name published in 1960 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Members of the  Juneau Icefield Research Project have proposed to change the name to Rhino  Horn.
City of Chicopee (Civil), Hampden County, Massachusetts (42.1763836, -72.5718542)
Description: Located 3 mi N of Springfield; Hampden County (US-T121).
History: Settled in 1652, incorporated as a town in 1848, as a city in 1890. Name taken from local river, the Chicopee, Indian for 'violent water' (MA-T1/p14).
Parry Gulch (Valley), Trinity County, California (40.9740556, -122.7396828)
Description: Trends east-southeast to Pansy Gulch at the head of Gratten Creek in Gratten Flat, 7.7 km (4.8 mi) north of Covington Mill.  (US-T121)
History: Reportedly named for John W Parry, (1859-1926), an early settler who mined in the ravine.  (US-T121)
Guadalupe Creek (Stream), Mariposa County, California (37.4541053, -120.0212859)
Description: Heads southeast of Catheys Mountain, at the base of Mockingbird Ridge flows east-southeast to Agua Fria Creek snf Guadalupe Valley, 2.7 km (1.7 mi) north-northwest of Bridgeport and 31.2 km (27 mi) east-northeast of Merced. (US-T121)
Sacajawea Peak (Summit), Sanders County, Montana (47.4770235, -115.0870284)
Description: Located 1.4 km (0.9 mi) SSW of Sunset Peak, 3.2 km (2 mi) NNW of the confluence of Dee Creek and West Fork Swamp Creek, 21 km (13 mi) N of the community of Saint Regis.
History: Named for Sacajawea, a Shoshoni woman who traveled with the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  A proposal to change the spelling of the name Sacajawea Peak to Sacagawea Peak was submitted in February 1998.  In May 2000, the proposal was rejected by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN).
Dewey Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.5467282, -141.2910033)
Description: flows SW to King Solomon Creek, 15 mi. S of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High. 1 mile long.
History: Named by prospectors probably for Admiral George Dewey, 1837-1917, U.S. Navy (USN), who destroyed the Spanish navy in Manila Bay in 1898; name shown on a manuscript map by C. A. Woodruff, Fort Cudahy, Canda.
Simik Hill (Summit), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.8443103, -164.3473971)
Description: 10 mi. SW of Jarvis Mtn. and 9 mi. NE of Kivalina, Arctic Slope
History: Eskimo name meaning "stopper" or "plug" so called because from upriver the hill seems to block the Kivalina River; reported in 1966 by  E. S. Burch. Burch.
Loybas Hollow (Valley), Tehama County, California (39.9230479, -122.3149565)
Description: 5.2 mi. long; Opens onto Houghton Creek 7.5 miles west of Corning; Secs 21-19, T24N, R4W & Secs 24-12, T24N, R5W, Mount Diablo Meridian
History: Loybas is a Wintuan word meaning “young lady” and honors the past, present, and future Native women of the area.
Fire Creek (Stream), Anchorage County, Alaska (61.4077778, -149.5361111)
Description: Flows NW 2.4 km (1.5 mi) then SW 4 km (2.5 mi) through Upper Fire Lake and Lower Fire Lake, then N to Knik Arm of Cook Inlet, 4 km (2.5 mi) W of the community of Peters Creek, 18 mi. NE of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Local name reported in 1906 by T. G. Gerdine and R. H.  Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Mabel Bay (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (54.9847222, -132.5825)
Description: extends SE, off Cordova Bay, on SW coast of Prince of Wales I.,  E of Point Webster, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name published in 1924 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); derived from Mabel  Island.
Coweta County (Civil), Coweta County, Georgia (33.3533586, -84.7633914)
Description: Located in west central Georgia, 58 km (36 mi) southwest of Atlanta; County Seat:  Newnan.
History: Created on 9 June 1825 with boundaries redefined on 31 March 1826.  "Coweta" translates to "falls" or "where there are falls" and relates to the falls along the Chattahooche River which is the northwest boundary of the County.  "Coweta" is the name of an American Indian Tribe, which at one time was led by its Chief, General William McIntosh, a Creek Indian.  (GA-T21/p54)
Livengood (Populated Place), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.5244444, -148.5447222)
Description: (population 40), on Livengood Creek, 50 mi. NW of Fairbanks, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Gold was discovered on July 24, 1914, on Livengood Creek  by N. R. Hudson and Jay Livengood. The village was founded near their claim as a mining camp during the winter of 1914-15 when hundreds of people came  into the district. A post office was established in 1915 and discontinued in  1957 (Ricks, 1965, p. 39). The town was named for Jay Livengood.
Point Espada (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.4744444, -133.4102778)
Description: W tip of San Clemente I., in Portillo Channel, between Lulu and  San Fernando Is., Alex. Arch.
History: Spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y  Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Punta del Espada," meaning "Sword Point."
Iluituk Hill (Summit), North Slope County, Alaska (68.0953769, -165.6817316)
Description: E of Tumi Creek, near shore of Chuckchi Sea, 8.5 mi. SE of Cape  Thompson, Artic Slope.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1962 as "Eeluichuk Mountain" by W.  O. Pruitt, Jr., of University of Alaska.
Deadman Reach (Bar), Sitka County, Alaska (57.5427778, -135.4911111)
Description: in Peril Strait, off NW coast of DUFFIELD Peninsula at N tip of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. 5 miles long.
History: So named "Deadman's Bay" in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 165), "because 150 Aleuts were killed in the vicinity in 1799 from eating poisonous mussels."
South Peak (Summit), Denali County, Alaska (63.0691504, -151.0062402)
Description: South Peak and North Peak are collectively named Churchill Peaks; located atop Denali in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska Range, 150 mi NNW of Anchorage. Highest elevation in Alaska at 20,310 feet.
History: This descriptive name was used as early as 1910. See Denali.
Katak Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (69.3566667, -144.5397222)
Description: In Franklin Mts., heads at glacier 5 mi. S of Mount Chamberlin, tlows NE and then E to the Hulahula River, 8 mi NW of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range
History: Eskimo name obtained at Barter Island by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geologists in 1948 and reported to mean "fall" or "drop," which may refer to rapids or falls along the course of the stream. It was reported by C. L. Whittington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1960.
H A Divide (Ridge), Campbell County, Wyoming (43.7055853, -105.0958084)
Description: bounded by H A Creek on the N and Little Thunder Creek on the S, 29 km (18 mi) SE of Reno Junction; [W end] 434206N1051118W and [E end] 434204N1050528W.
History: bounded by H A Creek on the N and Little Thunder Creek on the S, 29 km (18 mi) SE of Reno Junction.
Chiniak Bay (Bay), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.7130556, -152.3558333)
Description: on NE coast of Kodiak I., 14 miles wide.
History: Aleut name published as "Zaliv Chiniatskiy" or "Chiniat Bay" by Sarichev (1826, map 16). Baker (1906, p. 179) wrote, "* * * Chiniak is Aleut for a rocky, impassable, wretched sea." According to R. H. Geoghegan, "the name comes from the Aleut 'Chingaq,' which I do not interpret as a rocky, impassable, wretched sea."
Mount Boyan (Summit), Nome County, Alaska (65.3521796, -163.2373957)
Description: At the N front of the Bendeleben Mountains, 2.5 mi S of Kuzitrin Lake, 17 mi. S of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Reported in 1950 by D. M. Hopkins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). So named because from "the north the contours of the mountain suggest a reclining nude figure. 'Boyan' is a Swedish feminine given name and was selected by members  of the Geological Survey Field party in 1948 for its euphoniousness and femininity."
Whistler Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.0177778, -147.8427778)
Description: Fflows SW to Caribou Creek, 1.3 mi below Mazuma Creek, 19 mi. NW of Tahneta Pass, and 89 mi NE of Anchorge, Talkeetna Mts.
History: Named in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is a common nickname of the marmot that inhabit the area.
Kavrorak Lagoon (Lake), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.8698794, -164.9006577)
Description: Along the coast of the Chukchi Sea, 14 mi NW of Kivalina, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.
History: Named for nearby Kavrorak Hill which is an Eskimo name reported to refer in meaning to the pointed part of a woman's parka. Reported in 1950 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Unalaska Island (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (53.6733333, -166.6483333)
Description: One of the Fox Islands, Aleutian Island Incomplete record. 1051 square miles in size.
History: This island, largest of the eastern Aleutians, was first discovered by the Russians in about 1760. They called it both "Unalashka" and "Agunalashka" (Coxe, 1787, chap. 8-10). The Aleut name was published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14, dated 1792), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Ostrov Unalashka" or "Unalashka Island" which Baker (1906, p. 652) says is "a contraction of the true name " 'Nagounalaska'* * *" Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 158), who lived on the island for ten years, wrote that the Aleut's called it "Na-u-an Alakhskha," meaning "this here Alakhskha." According to R. H. Geoghegan, the name comes from the word "unanak" which is the name the Fox Islanders use to designate themselves.
California Bar (Ridge), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (65.4359059, -150.0197884)
Description: extends SE from junction of Hoosier and Minook Creeks, 4.5 mi. SE of Rampart, Yukon-Tanana High. 3 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1931 by J. B. Mertie, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Grus Lake (Lake), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.7756263, -150.6732059)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, 12 mi. S of Moose Point and 27 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. 1 mile long.
History: Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Whooping crane (Grus americana.).
Zeaman Gulch (Valley), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.5458333, -165.1638889)
Description: to Osborn Creek, 7.5 mi. NE of Nome, Seward Peninsula Highlands. 0.5 mile long
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1904 by T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Liner Island (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1377778, -153.5008333)
Description: at NW end of Weir I. in Yukon River, 1 mi. E of Birches, Nowitna Low.
History: Riverboat pilots' name shown on a 1940 "Navigation Chart  of the Tanana= Yukon Rivers" published by the Department of the Interior.
Tsiu Lake (Lake), Yakutat County, Alaska (60.1933333, -143.2255556)
Description: Proglacial, located between Tsivat Lake and Vitus Lake on the SE edge of Bering Glacier, 39 km (24 mi) E of Mount Campbell and 8.8 km (5.5 mi) SSW of Hanna Lake.
History: This name was derived from the nearby Tsiu River.
Town of Bolton (Civil), Worcester County, Massachusetts (42.4361615, -71.6072837)
Description: Located 14 mi NE of Worcester; Worcester County (US-T121).
History: Settled in 1682, incorporated as a town in 1738. Named for Charles Paulet (1685-1754), third Duke of Bolton, who served many years as a member of the British Colonial Council (MA-T1/p9).
Beartrail Creek (Stream), Chugach County, Alaska (60.5569444, -145.5216667)
Description: flows S to Ibeck Creek, 7.5 mi. E of Cordova, Chugach Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Local name; reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (in Brooks and others, 1909, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Lower Checats Lake (Lake), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (55.4634038, -130.8730999)
Description: 1 mi. NE of Winstanley I. in Behm Canal, 32 mi. NE of  Ketchikan, Coast Mts.
History: Local name recorded in 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). See Checats Point.
Point Gordon (Cape), North Slope County, Alaska (70.1852778, -146.6255556)
Description: on Beaufort Sea coast, 6 mi. E of Bullen Point and 10 mi. W of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain.
History: Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 95) in 1913, "After Tom  Gordon, long a resident at Barrow."
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Civil), Tinian County, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (15.0648527, 145.6856206)
Description: Located between Guam and the Tropic of Cancer, 3,300 miles from Honolulu, on the edge of the Philippine Plate; a 300-mile archipelago consisting of 14 islands with a total land area of 183.5 square miles.
History: Since 1978, a commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs. On November 4, 1986, U.S. citizenship was conferred upon residents of the Commonwealth. On December 22, 1990 the United Nations Security Council voted to dissolve the Trusteeship.
Superior (Populated Place), Pinal County, Arizona (33.293945, -111.0962305)
History: Originally called 'Hastings' for a California clothier who operated the first mine here (AZ-T1).  A townsite was laid out in 1900 by George Lobb which was named for the Arizona and Lake Superior Mining Company which operated the Silver Queen Mine.  The town continued to exist under the Magma Copper Company after 1910 which mined the Silver Queen for copper and built a smelter in the town (AZ-T101).