cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Hutchinson County (Civil), Hutchinson County, South Dakota (43.3348467, -97.7544162)
Description: Located in southeastern South Dakota, 85 km (53 mi) southwest of Sioux Falls; County Seat:  Olivet.
History: Created in 1862, organized in 1871, and named for John S Hutchinson, First Secretary of the Dakota Territory from 1861-1865.  (SD-T17/p27)
Preble Peak (Summit), Petersburg County, Alaska (57.1058055, -132.7258027)
Description: 3 mi. E of head of Thomas Bay and 105 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.
History: Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C.M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Rear Admiral George Henry Preble, 1761-1807, U.S. Navy (USN). The name was published in 1888 by US@C&GS on Chart 705.
Fox Point (Cape), Sitka County, Alaska (57.6919444, -136.1355556)
Description: on NE coast of Herbert Graves I., 2.5 mi. NW of Chichagof, off W coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Local name published in 1928 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8258.
East Spit (Bar), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.2202778, -133.5011111)
Description: 0.5 mi. N of village of Cape Fanshaw, extends into South Passage, 72 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.
History: Descriptive name given in 1891 by Lieutenant Commander H. E.  Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 145).
Battle Glacier (Glacier), Juneau County, Alaska (58.6825021, -134.5856741)
Description: Heads in West Branch of Taku Glacier, Juneau Icefield, 0.8 mi. W of Camp 15 Peak; tends N 5.5 mi to Gilkey Glacier, 32 mi N of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Named in 1962 by M. M. Miller, Michigan State University for for Dr. W.R.B.Battle (died 1954), glaciologist, who was killed on an expedition to Baffin Island, Canada.
Township of Toms River (Civil), Ocean County, New Jersey (39.9895319, -74.1653744)
History: The Township of Toms River is a Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. On November 7, 2006, voters approved a change of the official name of Township of Dover (or, Dover Township) to the Township of Toms River, effective November 14, 2006. Incorporated as Township of Dover in 1798.
Columbia Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.8313889, -147.5675)
Description: flows S to Chena River, 4.6 mi. SE of Fairbanks, Tanana Low. 7 miles long.
History: Named by prospectors; reported in 1907 by C. C. Covert (Henshaw and Covert (Henshaw and Covert, 1908, pl. 9), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Tuluksak (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.1025, -160.9616667)
Description: population 137, on S bank of Tuluksak River, 48 mi. SE of Russian Mission, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
History: Eskimo name meaning "raven (?)" published by Tikhmeniev in 1861 as "Tul'yagmyut," presumably from information obtained by L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1842-44. In the 1880 Census Van Petroff lists the name as "Tuluksak," population 150. Tuluksak was incorporated as a city on October 28, 1970.
Three Castle Mountain (Summit), Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska (65.1999509, -141.1878889)
Description: 5 mi. W of Alaska-Canada boundary and 28 mi. N of Eagle, Porcupine Plateau
History: So named in 1930 by J. B. Mertie, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of "a  group of pinnacles along the ridge* * *."
Thomas Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.3055556, -145.0233333)
Description: flows E to Birch Creek, 46 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named by prospectors and reported in 1905 by D. C.  Witherspoon (in Prindle, 1906, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Lakota Peak (Summit), Pennington County, South Dakota (43.8656385, -103.2598656)
Description: Located between West Gimlet Creek and Boxelder Creek.
History: Reportedly named for an woman named "Mrs Lakota" who lived at the base of the mountain by virtue of a "squatters claim" but was later evicted by the Government.  The land was later bought by the Minnesota Mining Company, which allowed Mrs Lakota to return to her home.  (SD-T17/p395)
Grabast Canyon (Valley), Fresno County, California (36.1666167, -120.5629556)
Description: Heads on the southeastern slope of Juniper Ridge, trends southwest to join Hot Springs Canyon, 1.5 km (1 mi) northwest of Kreyenhegen Peak; 2.6 km (1.6 mi) long.
History: A proposal to change the name Grabast Canyon to Grabb Ass Canyon was submitted in September 2003; the USBGN rejected the proposal on 10 March 2005. The decision was made in agreement with the findings and recommendations of the California Board, which suggested the proposed name might be viewed as offensive.
Fifteenmile Creek (Stream), Dillingham (CA) County, Alaska (60.4602778, -157.0252778)
Description: flows S to Nushagak River, 88 mi. S of Sleetmute, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 13 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1952 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Castle Hill (Summit), Kusilvak County, Alaska (61.8353278, -165.4974216)
Description: in Askinuk Mts., 2.8 mi. E of village of Scammon Bay,  Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
History: Named by G. R. Putnam, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1899.
La Cuesta (Summit), Kings County, California (36.0270501, -120.0675821)
Description: Located in sec 7,T22S,R18E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In the Kettleman Hills, 0.32 km (0.2 mi) north-northwest of El Tolete and 0.48 km (0.3 mi) northeast of of El Serrijon. (US-T121)
History: Descriptive name meaning "hill" or "slope." (US-T121)
Hammerhead Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.85, -176.6458333)
Description: on S shore of Sweeper Cove, Kuluk Bay, on NE coast of Adak I., Aleutian Islands. 0.05 miles wide.
History: Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1947 Coast Pilot (pt. 2, p. 463).
Rocky Point (Slope), Mariposa County, California (37.734926, -119.6129435)
Description: 2.7 km (1.7 mi) southwest of Yosemite Village and 4.3 km (2.7 mi) west of Curry Village.  (US-T121)
History: Named for a rock slide that came down off the north wall of Yosemite Valley to the edge of the Merced River.  (US-T121)
Nelchina (historical) (Populated Place), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.1030556, -147.1508333)
Description: at the junction of Little Nelchina River and Crooked Creek, 16 mi. NE of Tahneta Pass, Talkeetna Mts.
History: Former mining settlement established about 1913; reported by Theodore Chapin (in Brooks, 1915, p. 122), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Adventure Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.8472222, -161.1663889)
Description: heads in DeLong Mts. and flows N 16 mi. to Utukok River, 43 mi.  N of Misheguk Mtn.; Arctic Slope.
History: so named in 1925 by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), whose party  went astray on this creek.
Copper Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8891667, -165.1777778)
Description: flows N to Nugget Creek which flows to Grand Central River, 27 mi. N of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 1.7 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1900 by E. C. Barnard (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Birch Lakes (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.7883684, -157.1560581)
Description: two in Nulitna River flats, extending NE-SW 26 mi. NW of Roundabout Mtn., Koyukuk Low.
History: Local name; obtained at Huslia in 1954-55 by 1SGS.
South Fork Otter Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.5172222, -157.7152778)
Description: flows W to join North Fork to form Otter Crek, 10 mi. NE of  Flat, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.;
History: Local name obtained in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Ptarmigan Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.4036111, -149.3708333)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, heads at Ptarmigan Lake, flows W to Kenai Lake, 20 mi. N of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: Local Name reported in 1904 by Moffit (1906, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Breezy Bay (Bay), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.1541667, -133.05)
Description: Extends W off Tlevak Strait on the E coast of Dall Island between Eolus and Boreas Points, 16.1 km (10 mi) SW of Hydaburg, Alex. Arch. 2 miles long.
History: Descriptive name given in 1881 by Lieutenant Comander H.E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), on account of the strong winds encountered there.
Cato Slough (Swamp), Bollinger County, Missouri (37.1042185, -90.0389875)
Description: A swampy place which has the appearance of a pond or lake in the southern part of Wayne Township. 
History: Cato is said to have been an Indian who stayed behind when his tribe left this section of Missouri in 1825. He lived alone somewhere in this neighborhood. (County Map, MARBLE HILL PRESS (1900-1904)
Grubstake Gulch (Valley), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.7585327, -149.4321354)
Description: heads on Bald Mtn. Ridge, extends NW to Willow Creek, 15 mi. NW of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts. 3 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1906 by T. G. Gerdine and R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Dark Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.8775, 177.2205556)
Description: SE of Cape St. Stephen on SW coast of Kiska I., Aleutian Islands. 0.6 mile wide.
History: Name shown on a 1957 Army Map Service (AMS) map; variant shown on a 1943 U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) map.
Divider Mountain (Ridge), Copper River County, Alaska (61.3263402, -146.7764696)
Description: 22 mi WNW of Valdez. Tends SW forming a divide between Columbia Glacier and its East Branch, 22 mi. NW of Valdez, Chugach Mts.
History: This feature was probably named in 1959 by L. E. Nielsen  (1963, p. 135).
Allegheny Mountains (Range), Pendleton County, West Virginia (38.7001138, -79.5331062)
Description: Incomplete record.  Northeast-southwest trending mountain range on the Appalachian Plateau and partly in Monongahela and George Washington National Forests, extending from the West Branch Susquehanna River, in central Pennsylvania, southwestward through western Maryland and along the Virginia-West Virginia boundary to Peters Mountain 15 mi south-southwest of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Togiak Lake (Lake), Dillingham County, Alaska (59.626094, -159.6121737)
Description: extends SW from mouth of Izavieknik River, 75 mi. NE of  Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Eskimo name reported as "Oz(ero) Tugiak" meaning "Lake  Tugiak" by Lieutenant Sarichev, (1826, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Itulilik (historical) (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.3763889, -157.0466667)
Description: on E bank of Holitna River, 22 mi. S of Sleetmute, Stony River Low.
History: Eskimo camp or settlement, now abandoned, shown on a  manuscript map by W. R. Buckman who prospected the Chulitna valley in 1902-1903. He spelled the name "E=tu=le=lig=a=mute" i.e. "people of Itulik  (Creek)." See Itulilik Creek.
Bismarck (Populated Place), Burleigh County, North Dakota (46.8083268, -100.7837392)
Description: Capital of State of North Dakota.
History: Incorporated as a city in 1875. Originally named The Crossing (1871); named Edwinton for Edwin F. Johnson, chief engineer of Northern Pacific RR (1872); name Bismarck for Fursten Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany.
Hubbard Brook (Stream), Berkshire County, Massachusetts (42.1106465, -73.3462256)
Description: Heads at 420932N0732520W, flows SE to the Housatonic River 0.5 mi E of Sheffield; Town of Egremont and Sheffield.
History: Locally named "for Hooker Hubbard who operated a sawmill and gristmill nearby" (MGB 1930).
Town of Tisbury (Civil), Dukes County, Massachusetts (41.4727203, -70.6174633)
Description: Located on the N coast of Martha's Vineyard at the NE end of Vineyard Sound (US-T121).
History: Settled in 1660 and incorporated in 1671 as the town of Middletown (by the goverment of NY).  Renamed Tisbury, in 1671, by Thomas Mayhew (1593-1682), first governor of Plymouth County under the Massachusetts Charter, for the town of Tisbury, Wiltshire County, England (MA-T1).
Mikchalk Lake (Lake), Dillingham County, Alaska (59.7439223, -158.8684062)
Description: extends SE from mouth of Wind River to head of Peace River, 51 mi. NW of Dillingham, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: The Eskimo name of this lake was reported as  "Nan-viuk-ka-nuk" on a 1910 manuscript map by H. C. Fasset, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF); called  "Fourth Lake" in 1925 by the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries because it is the fourth one from Nushagak Bay. The descriptive Eskimo name "Mikchalk," meaning "small lake," was recorded in 1931 by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS);  published by Mertie (1938b, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Tenderfoot Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (64.2511111, -146.1925)
Description: flows SE to Tanana River, 13 mi. NW of Big Delta, Tanana Low.
History: Named by prospectors and reported in 1905 by L. M. Prindle  (in Brooks and others, 1906, fig. 8), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Guild Brook (Stream), Windham County, Vermont (43.16165, -72.55732)
Description: 1.5 mi. long; in the Town of Rockingham, heads 1.2 mi. ESE of Bull Hill, flows SSW through Atcherson Hollow, then W to enter Weaver
History: Named for Malcolm Guild (1935-2014), who lived along the stream since 1965 and worked to conserve its environment.
Mascot Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.6888889, -145.3141667)
Description: flows SE 4 mi. to North Fork Salcha River 3 mi. N of that  stream's junction with Salcha River and 42 mi. NE of Big Delta; Yukon-Tanana High.
History: local name reported in 1958 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Ptarmigan Dome (Summit), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.5775521, -137.3214561)
Description: 1.4 mi. NNE of North Dome, 75 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Name reported by members of the Harvard-Dartmouth Expedition, 1933-34 (Washburn and Goldthwait, 1935, map).
Pintler Creek (Stream), Beaverhead County, Montana (45.758257, -113.3631118)
Description: Heads in the Anaconda Range in Oreamnos Lake, flows SSE to theBig Hole River, 71 km (44 mi) SW of Butte.
History: Named for Charles Ellsworth Pintler (1854-1925), who with his family, settled in this area in 1885. (US-T121)
Tokatjikh Hill (Summit), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (65.719858, -153.0554952)
Description: E of Tokatjikh Creek and N of Melozitna River, 43 mi. NNE of Birches, Kokrines-Hodzana High.
History: Koyukan Indian name obtained at Huslia in 1956 by Orth.
Okshokwewhik Pass (Gut), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (63.0880556, -163.9038889)
Description: in Yukon Delta, flows NE 20 mi. from Kwikpak Pass to Norton  Sound, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1899 by G. R. Putnam, US@C&GS;  published in 1901 on Chart 9372.
Hirschy Mountain (Summit), Beaverhead County, Montana (45.3728843, -113.7064018)
Description: Located 7.3 km (4.5 mi) north-northeast of Homer Youngs Peak, 4.5 km (2.8 mi) south of Twin Lakes.
History: Named for Fred Hirschy (1884-1975), longtime area rancher who settled in the Big Hole Valley. A proposal to change the name to Sacajawea Mountain was submitted to the USBGN in July 2003. The Board voted instead to change the summit's name to Hirschy Mountain, citing concerns that the originally proposed name too closely resembled that of another geographic feature a short distance away and thus might cause confusion.
Dry Mystery Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.8552778, -163.5894444)
Description: flows SW to Niukluk River, 3.5 mi. SE of Council and 33 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 4.5 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name published on the 1908 "Map of Seward Peninsula" by Arthur Gibson.
Inspiration Point (Cape), Lassen County, California (40.473218, -121.3027493)
Description: Located in sec 10,T30N,R6E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In Lassen Volcanic National Park, 1.6 km (1 mi) north of Juniper Lake, 2.7 km (1.7 mi) east of Horseshoe Lake, and 3.2 km (2 mi) south of Snag Lake. (US-T121)
Rock Point (Cape), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.0022222, -136.3480556)
Description: on Chichagof I., in Chichagof Strait, 0.5 mi. SW of Miner I. and 34 mi. SW of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.
History: Local navigators' name reported by H. C. Fassett, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF), in  1904.
La Bajada (Slope), Kings County, California (35.9244001, -119.976801)
Description: Located in sec 13,T23S,R18E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In the Kettleman Hills, 1.6 km (1 mi) northeas of La Morra and 2.1 km (1.3 mi) southeast of El Bulto. (US-T121)
History: Descriptive name meaning "slope", "descent" or "low place". (US-T121)
Revillagigedo Channel (Channel), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (55.0611111, -131.115)
Description: trends NNW from Dixon Entrance to Tongass Narrows at Dairy, on S coast of Revillagigedo I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1792 by Jacinto Caamano (Wagner, 1937, p. 405).  See Revillagigedo Island; Font, Streights du.
Kwikluak Channel (Channel), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (62.6619444, -165.0222222)
Description: in off-shore mud flats between Avogon and Flat Is., extends NW from Kwikluak Pass to Bering Sea, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Named for Kwikluak Pass; reported by US@C&GS in 1898.
South East Quarter (historical) (Populated Place), Nantucket County, Massachusetts (41.2501231, -69.9994587)
Description: A division of land on the SE shore of Nantucket Island; roughly bounded on the N by Milestone Road, on the W by Forked Pond Valley
History: An area of Nantucket Island that was first surveyed as a tract of common land in 1775 (MA-M806)
Cabin Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.0361111, -130.0386111)
Description: flows NW to Boundary Creek, upstream from Salmon River, 2.4 mi. NW of Mount Welker and Alaska-Canada boundary, Coast Mts. 0.7 mile long.
History: Local name reported in 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
McDonald Lake (not official) (Lake), Okanogan County, Washington (48.1870094, -119.5346895)
Description: One of the White Lakes, 21 km (13 mi) northeast of Bridgeport. 
History: On 3/08/1979, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) voted to not approved the name McDonald Lake based upon the recommendations of the State Board and the County Board of Commissioners.
Sorrels Creek (Stream), Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (65.0805556, -146.8777778)
Description: flows SW to Little Chena River, 30 mi. NE of Fairbanks,  Yukon-Tanana High.
History: Named by prospectors; reported in 1903 by T. G. Gerdine in  (Prindle, 1905, pl.13), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Jefferson Peak (Summit), Petersburg County, Alaska (57.1001102, -132.9809924)
Description: 7 mi. NW of Thomas Bay and 94 mi. E of Sitka; Coast Mts.
History: named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, author of the Declaration of Indenpendence and third  President of the United States, 1801-09.
Candle Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (65.9144444, -161.9197222)
Description: flows NE to the Kiwalik River, 54 mi. NW of Haycock, Seward Peninsula High. 16 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Moffit, 1905, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is derived from a bush or shrub that grew along the banks of the stream, which resembled "candlewood" or "greasewood" in that it will light a fire easily (Hick, 1954, p. 14).
Clover Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.2936111, -132.1730556)
Description: On E coast of Prince of Wales I, in Tongass National Forest, heads in Clover Lake, flows SE into Clover Bay, 10.5 km (6.5 mi) E of Nipple Butte, Alex. Arch. 4.3 miles long.
History: Local name published in 1943 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Gold Creek (Populated Place), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (62.7566667, -149.6938889)
Description: mile 263.2 on The Alaska RR., 34 mi. NE of Talkeetna, Talkeetna  Mts.
History: This is the site of a flag stop on The Alaska Railroad  which derives its name from nearby Gold Creek. This name was published in 1922 on the official timetable of The Alaska Railroad. It was called  "Susitna River Station" in 1921 by the Chamber of Commerce of Seattle, Wash.
Clam Gulch (Populated Place), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.2311111, -151.3936111)
Description: population 50, on Kenai Peninsula, on Sterling Highway, 24 mi. S of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.
History: Reported about 1947 by Barnes and Cobb (1959, pl. 17),  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name derived from the ravine Clam Gulch. A post office was established  here in 1950 (Ricks, 1965, p. 13).
Myrtle Creek (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.0619444, -159.7519444)
Description: flows NW to Bear Creek, 7.5 mi. NE of Nyac, and 37 mi. SW of Aniak, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Prospectors' name shown on a 1914 field sheet by A. G.  Maddren, 1SGS.
Corson County (Civil), Corson County, South Dakota (45.7086009, -101.1968693)
Description: Located in northestern South Dakota along the boundary with North Dakota, 153 km (95 mi) north northwest of Pierre; County Seat:  McIntosh.
History: Created and organized in 1909; named for Dighton Corson of Maine who came to South Dakota in 1876 to practice law.  He initiated the framing of the State Constitution, and later served on the State Supreme Court from 1889 to 1913.  (SD-T17/p24)
Hausler Branch (Stream), Gonzales County, Texas (29.4844021, -97.6497194)
Description: Heads 5 km (3.1 mi) NNW of the community of Bebe, flows N into Dullnig Creek, just N of State Route 466, 1.6 km (1 mi) S of the Guadaulupe River.
History: Named for Edgar Hausler (1909-1975), longtime local resident.
State of Colorado (Civil), Park County, Colorado (38.998532, -105.5478208)
Description: The geographic center, or that point on which a surface of uniform thickness would balance, for the state is located in Park County, 48 km (30 mi) northwest of Pikes Peak.
History: Statehood:  1 August 1876.  This name was chosen by Congress out of many proposed when the Territory was formed in 1861;  probably named for the Colorado River, which was wrongly assumed to head in the Territory.  In 1921, Congress changed the name of the Grand River, a tributary of the Colorado River, so that part of the Colorado River would flow through the State.  The name is Spanish, meaning "colored" or "reddish," descriptively applied to the Little Colorado River in Arizona in 1602. (US-T131/1976/DOI - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) News Release: Origin of Names of US States)
Salmon Fork (Stream), Juneau County, Alaska (58.3386111, -134.2338889)
Description: flows NE and SE, joins Cold Creek to form Carlson Creek, on  Taku Inlet, 4 mi. NW of Sunny Cove and 9 mi. E of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Local name published in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Yukon River (Stream), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (62.5986111, -164.8)
Description: One of the longest streams in North America, about 1,500 mi. long, and the principle river in Alaska; heads in Atlin Lake, British Columbia, then flows generally northwest through the Yukon Territory into Alaska, where it turns to the southwest and then to the north before entering the Bering Sea at Norton Sound.  Incomplete record - should be at least 99 maps, LATLONGs truncated in PHASE I by GIPSY - 9512.
History: An Indian name first obtained by Hudson's Bay Company traders, led by Robert Campbell who explored the upper river in 1843 and established Fort Yukon in 1847. The Russians explored the lower river in the 1830's and 1840's establishing the post at Nulato in 1841. During the Klondike Gold Rush (1897-98), the stream was a major route to the gold fields. The Eskimo, who occupied the lower Yukon including its delta descriptively called it "Kuikpak" meaning "big river." The Indian name "Yukon" probably means the same thing. Lieutenant H. T. Allen recorded in 1885 another Indian name, "Nigato" ("Niga" is said to mean "river"), and Constatin Grewingk recorded the names  "Juna" and "Jukchana." All of these names were variously spelled. The present form of the name was adopted by Canada and United States in the 1890's.
Sam Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.5636111, -151.0786111)
Description: in Ray Mts., flows S to Tozitna River, 9 mi. SSW of Mount Tozi and 40 mi. NE of Tanana, Kokrines-Hodzana High.
History: Named in 1956 by Don Orth, for Sam Stulberg, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who  made field surveys in the area that season.