cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
East Francis Rock (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.4013889, -135.6361111)
Description: in Canoe Pass, at W end of Peril Strait, off NW coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Discovered and named in 1884 by Commander Coghlan, U.S. Navy (USN), "for pilot E. H. Francis, who was the first person to make soundings on it." (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1891, p. 187).
Foster (Populated Place), Bates County, Missouri (38.166139, -94.5074534)
History: Walnut (later Foster) - The earliest name of a town founded bythe Walnut Land and Coal Company, July 3, 1883, which was later renamed Foster.  The original name was for Walnut Creek, but was changed after applying for a post office, because there was already a post office named Walnut located 2 mi away.  Foster - This name, which replaced the name Walnut, was given in honor of Governor Charles Foster of Ohio (1828-1904), then known as 'Calico Charley', who was secretary of the Walnut Land and Coal Company, having just completed his term (1880-84) as governor of Ohio.  (MO-T101)
Camel Rock (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (52.9383333, -168.8994444)
Description: on S shore of Nikolski Bay, SW side of Umnak I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Named in 1938 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "because when seen from the east,  the rock resembles a kneeling camel."
Kokirat Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.3108333, -165.7033333)
Description: Heads in Kemegrak Hills, flows NE to the Kukpuk River, 2 mi S of the confluence of the Kukpuk and Ipewik Rivers and 14 mi NNE of Cape Thompson, Arctic Slope.
History: Eskimo name recorded in 1960 as "Kokkeerax" by D. C. Foote in connection with Project Chariot studies.
Castle Peak (Summit), Nevada County, California (39.3661517, -120.3517396)
Description: Located in sec 1,T17N,R14E, Mount Diablo Meridian. At the head of Coon Canyon, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) northeast of Andesite Peak and 2.2 km (1.4 mi) southeast of Basin Peak. (US-T121)
Nash Island (Island), Western Connecticut County, Connecticut (41.0420414, -73.4878986)
Description: W of Darien River in Long Island Sound, 2.1 km ( 1.3 mi) south of Noroton; feature connected to Pratt Island Two by land fill since 1928; Town of Darien.
History: Named for surnames of family who owned the island in the late 1800's.
Spa Creek Anchorage (Channel), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (38.9761111, -76.4819444)
Description: Located at the mouth of Spa Creek, immediately S of the United States Naval Academy, N of Eastport, NE of the Annapolis Yacht Club
History: The variant name Arnold C. Gay Anchorage was approved by the Annapolis City Council in 1994, but was not endorsed for Federal use by a decision of the BGN in January 2012, citing a lack of local usage in the subsequent 17 years. The name was intended to honor Arnold Gay (1919-1994), longtime area boat yard owner, yachtsman, and an active member of the Annapolis community.
Miner County (Civil), Miner County, South Dakota (44.0219512, -97.6102452)
Description: Located in eastern South Dakota, 72 km (45 mi) northwest of Sioux Falls; County Seat:  Howard.
History: Created in 1873, organized in 1880, and named for the Miner brothers, Ephraim (born 1833) and Captain Nelson Miner (1827-1879), both of whom were members of the Territorial Legislature when the county was created.  (SD-T17/p30-31)
North Fork Koyukuk River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.0469444, -151.0738889)
Description: flows S from Als Mtn. to join the Middle Fork to form the  Koyukuk River, 36.5 mi. SW of Wiseman, Brooks Range
History: Local name shown on an 1899 fieldsheet by T. G. Gerdine,  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Eddy Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.4558333, -157.8725)
Description: flows N to Khotol River, 22 mi. SE of Nulato, Koyukuk Low. 13.5 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1935 by Frederica de Laguna, Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE).
Calamity Gulch (Valley), Copper River County, Alaska (61.2259049, -142.5292823)
Description: heads at glacier, trends SW to Young Creek 4 mi. W of junction of Sheep Creek, 20 mi. SE of McCarthy, St. Elias Mts. 4 miles long.
History: Name "used by disappointed prospectors" and reported by Mendenhall and Schrader (1903, fig. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Seepanpak Lagoon (Lake), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.3069444, -169.1508333)
Description: On the N coast of Saint Lawrence Island, 3 mi. W of Kangukhsam Mtn., 9.5 mi SE of Alngeeyak Point.
History: Eskimo name recommended by the Savoonga village council and reported in 1949 by Major H. B. Allen, U.S. Air Force (USAF).
Oksuguokok Lake (Lake), Dillingham County, Alaska (59.6154437, -158.3379465)
Description: 5 mi. N of Okstukuk Lake, and 41 mi. N of Dillingham, Bristol  Bay Low.
History: Eskimo name shown as "Ok-su-guok-ok" on a 1910 manuscript map by H. C. Fasset, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF).
Kikiktat Mountain (Summit), North Slope County, Alaska (69.4267614, -144.6313489)
Description: On the W side of the Hulahula River, 12 mi NW of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range
History: Descriptive Eskimo name meaning "island," so called because "the mountain stands out like islands." Reported in 1960 by C. L. Whittington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Trumpeter Lake (Lake), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.8803418, -132.6336485)
Description: On NE part of Prince of Wales Island, in the course of Ratz Creek, 25 mi NNW of Kasaan, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name for the trumpeter swan, frequently seen wintering on the lake. Reported in 1961 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
Hoktaheen Cove (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.0716667, -136.5472222)
Description: on NW coast of Yakobi I., 1.5 mi. NW of Hoktaheen Lake, 41 mi. W of Hoonah, Alex. Arch. 0.2 mile wide.
History: Tlingit Indian name reported by Lieutenant Commander Moser (1901, p. 337), U.S. Navy (USN), as Hocktaheene Cove.
Sapun Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.9138889, -160.35)
Description: in Baird Mts., flows NW to Noatak River 11 mi. E of its junction  with Nakolik River, 64 mi. N of Kiana, Brooks Range
History: Eskimo name referring to some kind of a fence; obtained in  1956 at Noatak by Orth.
Granite Cove (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (60.9775, -147.1633333)
Description: extends SE to Columbia Bay, 56 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 2 miles long.
History: Named in 1909 by U.S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Named for the granite boss on north shore of cove
The Race (Rapids), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.8138889, -176.8416667)
Description: Between Plum Island and the mainland of Adak Island in W part of Bay of Islands., Aleutian Islands.
History: Named by members of the U.S. Navy Aleutian Island Survey  Expedition in 1934, "for the passage of similar name between Fishers Island and Long Island, New York."
Saint George Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.3608333, -148.0955556)
Description: flows N to Wood River, 36 mi. SW of Fairbanks, Tanana Low.
History: Local name shown as Saint Gorge Creek which flows into  Fish Creek; on an Alaska Road Commission (ARC) manuscript map by Arnt Greve in 1909.
Kipling Rock (Pillar), Clackamas County, Oregon (45.3933333, -122.4908333)
Description: 18 ft. high; in the Clackamas River 0.3 mi. upriver from Carver, 2.3 mi. SW of Damascus; Sec. 18, T2S, R3E,Willamette Meridian
History: Named for author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), who visited the rock in 1889
Govorushka Lake (Lake), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (56.5875, -169.6208333)
Description: on central Saint George Island, Pribilof Islands. 0.2 mile long.
History: According to Elliott (1881, p.173), Goverooskie is Russian for the gulls, "Larus brevirostris, and L. tridactylus." Putnam (1903, p.1014) lists "Gavarushka" as Russian for the red-legged gull; the lake is so called from the large number of gulls frequenting it. Putnam (p.1015) lists the Aleut name as "Korium-anyi," also referring to the gulls.
Town of Newbury (Civil), Essex County, Massachusetts (42.7707973, -70.8729508)
Description: Located 14 mi NW of Gloucester (US-T121).
History: Settled 1635, incorporated as a town in 1635.  Named in honor of the Reverend Thomas Parker who came from Newbury, England, which was also the home of other early settlers.  Before incorporation it was known as the plantation called Wessacucon (MA-T1/p33).
Black Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.4516667, -157.9458333)
Description: flows NE to Otter Creek 9.5 mi. E of its junction with Iditarod River, 2 mi. E of Flat and 58 mi. NW of Sleetmute, Kilbuck Kuskokwim Mts. 2.4 miles long.
History: Name shown on a 1910 manuscript map of "Iditarod Placer Fields."
Chat Island (Island), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.7008333, -149.56)
Description: 0.8 mi. SW of Aialik Peninsula, in Aialik Bay, 30 mi. S of Seward, Chugach Mts. 0.7 mile long.
History: Named in 1909 by U. S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Callisto Head (Cape), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.9188889, -149.4602778)
Description: on E coast of Kenai Peninsula, 14 mi. S of Seward, Chugach Mts.
History: Named in 1930 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "for the nymph in mythology who was changed into a bear and set in the heavens as Ursa Major."
Tiflighak Bay (Bay), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.7613889, -171.6369444)
Description: 2 mi SE of Chibukak Point, between Tategnak Point on the N and Meuwtu Point on the S, in the NW part of Saint Lawrence Island, 3 mi. SE of Gambell.
History: Recorded in 1932 as "Tiplighak Bay" by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Orth was told  in 1955 at Gambell that this name is locally applied to what is shown on  present-day maps as "Dovelawik Bay." This bight is locally known as "Asowalak," meaning "something white."
Buckeye (Populated Place), Maricopa County, Arizona (33.3703197, -112.5837766)
History: Named Buckeye in 1888 by Thomas Newton Clanton, G.L. Spain, and M.M. Jackson for the nickname of Ohio, the native state of Jackson and Clanton.  When a townsite was established on Clanton's land, he called it Sydney for Sydney, Ohio, his home town.  State supreme court action was needed to establish the name Buckeye in 1931 when the town was incorporated (AZ-T101).
Neka Bay (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.0483333, -135.6563889)
Description: on Port Frederick, Chichagof I., 1 mi. N of Chimney Rock and 8 mi. SW of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.
History: Name published in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Wiesendanger Falls (Falls), Multnomah County, Oregon (45.5734516, -122.1078639)
Description: In the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, located 0.8 km (0.5 mi) upriver from Multnomah Falls, 1 km (0.6 mi) from the confluence of Multnomah Creek and the Columbia River.
History: Named for Albert Wiesendanger (1893-1989), a U.S. Forest Service employee from 1909 until 1948 who served as Columbia District Ranger for Mount Hood NF and later as a private citizen he served as Executive Secretary for "Keep Oregon Green", a forest fire prevention organization.
Mount Hopkins (Summit), Fresno County, California (37.4637675, -118.8133827)
Description: In the Sierra Nevada, one of four peaks that surrounds the Pioneer Basin, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) south-southeast of Mount Crocker, 3.2 km (2 mi) west-southwest of Mount Huntington and 3.2 km (2 mi) southwest of Mount Stanford.  (US-T121)
History: Named for Mark Hopkins, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad.  (US-T121)
Passage Islands (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.0283333, -135.3658333)
Description: in Middle Channel, Sitka Sound, 2 mi. SW of Sitka; Alex. Arch.
History: this is an 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in  1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; reported by Lieutenant  Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Prokhoda." islands were called "Goloy," meaning "bare" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 38), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
Gloryhole Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (61.7466667, -148.9216667)
Description: heads on Eska Mtn., flows S to Eska Creek, 11.5 mi. NE of Palmer, Cook Inlet Low. 2.7 miles long.
History: Local name reported about 1946 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Old Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (57.2827778, -157.6991667)
Description: flows NW to King Salmon River, on Alaska Peninsula, 20 mi. SW of  Ugashik, Bristol Bay Low.
History: Named in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for "Sidney Old, one  of his packers and packer with previous U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) expeditions."
Town of Millbury (Civil), Worcester County, Massachusetts (42.1924547, -71.7740778)
Description: Located 5 mi S of Worcester; Worcester County (US-T121).
History: It was settled in 1716 and incorporated as a town in 1813. The name was suggested by General Caleb Burbank (1761-1849) as best expressing the character of the town, a place of many mills (MA-T1/p31).
Strait Island (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.395, -133.7063889)
Description: in Sumner Strait, 4.5 mi. NW of Point Baker, Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1886 by Lieutenant J. M. Helm, U.S. Navy (USN); called "Barrie  Island" by W. H. Dall (1883, p. 104), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Chesapeake Bay (Bay), Somerset County, Maryland (38.0284347, -76.1756481)
Description: The Chesapeake Bay is almost 321 km (200 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) across at its widest point and is located in eastern Maryland and extends south to Virginia before merging with the Atlantic Ocean. The watershed for the Chesapeake Bay drains over 64,000 square miles, over six States with its headwaters in Cooperstown, New York. (US-T121)
History: The Chesapeake Bay is the Nation's largest estuary and is home to over 2700 species of plants and animals. American Indians lived along its banks since 8000 BC and the variant name of "Chesepiooc", meaning "great shelfish bay" was applied to this feature as early as 1585. (US-T121)
Emeghee Point (Cape), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (62.9580556, -169.7636111)
Description: 3 mi NW of Southeast Cape, sloping gradually W to the sea, 1.3 mi from Emghem Mountain, on the S coast of Saint Lawrence Island.
History: Eskimo name recommended by the Savoonga village council;  reported in 1949 by Major Allen, U.S. Air Force (USAF).
Wickersham Wall (Cliff), Denali County, Alaska (63.1125, -151.0594444)
Description: In Denali National Park, NW face of Mount McKinley, rises 9,000 ft. above Peters Glacier, 7.7 mi. NW of summit of Mount Mckinley, Alaska Range
History: Named by Bradford Washburn about 1945 for James Wickersham, 1857-1939. Judge Wickersham made the first attempt to climb McKinley by this wall in June 1903. See Mount Wickersham.
North Pole Hill (Summit), Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska (55.6357093, -132.6050763)
Description: On Prince of Wales Island, near head of Kasaan Bay between Foot Lake and Lake Number Three, 1.5 mi. NW of village of Salt Chuch, 10.5 mi NW of Kasaan, Alex. Arch.
History: Named by C. L. Sainsbury, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1956 because of the strong magnetic attraction noticeable near the hill.
Point Cochrane (Cape), Chugach County, Alaska (60.7672222, -148.3616667)
Description: on NE coast of Kenai Peninsula, at S entrance to Passage Canal, 11  mi. E of Whittier, Chugach Mts.
History: This point was investigated by Joseph Whidbey on June 5,  1794, and named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), probably for Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, British naval officer and later admiral (Wagner, 1937, p. 381).
Dixon Glacier (Glacier), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (59.6619216, -150.892944)
Description: on Kenai Peninsula, trends NW to unnamed tributary of Martin River, 21 mi. E of Homer, Chugach Mts. 5 miles long.
History: Named by A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1913, for Captain George Dixon, Royal Navy (RN), commander of the English vessel Queen Charlotte, who with Captain Nathaniel Portlock, Royal Navy (RN), commander of the English vessel King George, did extensive exploration along the south coast of Alaska in 1786 and 1787.
Wináha’ay Spring (Spring), Wallowa County, Oregon (45.9289216, -117.9381102)
Description: In Umatilla National Forest/Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness, 25 mi. N of Elgin, 23 mi W of Troy; Sec 9, T5N, R39E; Willamette Meridian
History: The name is of Umatilla origin and means “flows into the Winaha River”.
Poovookpuk Mountain (Summit), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.4394444, -171.5627778)
Description: Trends N-S, 5 mi N of Boxer Bay, in the SW part of Saint Lawrence Island, and forms the sourthern extremity of the Poovoot Range.
History: Eskimo name, meaning big Puvut (Puvutpak), reported in  1932 by O.W. Geist, University of Alaska.
Creede Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (0, 0)
Description: flows W to head of Big Four Creek which flows to Casadepaga  River, about 18 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.; (map 95).
History: Prospectors' name reported on the 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee. This stream cannot be precisely located on current maps.
Point Pigot (Cape), Chugach County, Alaska (60.8033333, -148.3463889)
Description: between Pigot Bay and Passage Canal, 12 mi. NE of Hittier, Chugach Mts.
History: Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 "probably in honor of Robert Pigot, one of the midshipmen on the (English vessel)  Chatham" (Wagner, 1937, p. 402).
Pond Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.0641667, -165.7363889)
Description: flows NE to Windy Cove in Imuruk Basin, 23 mi. SE of Teller, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Local name reported in 1900 by E.C. Barnard (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Galickson Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.005, -155.9186111)
Description: flows SE to Takotna River, 39 mi. WSW of Medfra, Kuskokwim Low. 9 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1915 by Mertie and Harrington (1924, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Ahguhlerok Creek (Stream), Dillingham (CA) County, Alaska (59.95433, -158.8110495)
Description: flows SE 6 mi. to Nuyakok Lake, 64 mi. N of Dillingham, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 6 miles long.
History: Eskimo name shown as "Ah-guh-le-rok" on a 1910 manuscript map by H. C. Fasset, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF).
Cocheco River (Stream), Strafford County, New Hampshire (43.1750858, -70.8239456)
Description: Heads 0.6 km (0.4 mi) SE of Marchs Pond, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) S of Birch Ridge; flows SE to join with the Salmon Falls River to form the head of Piscataqua River at the New Hampshire-Maine State boundary.
History: A proposal to change the name Cocheco River to Cochecho River was not approved by the BGN in May 2016. An Indian word meaning '' rapid " or " violent.''
Lake Elinor (Lake), Manistee County, Michigan (44.3056222, -86.0118874)
Description: Located in Dickson Township and Manistee National Forest, just E of the community of Brethren. 14.6 acres in size with a maximum depth of 37 feet.
History: Formerly named Lake Eleanor, renamed by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) in April 2009 to recognize local use.
Ingstad Mountain (Summit), North Slope County, Alaska (68.1064081, -151.6315027)
Description: Located in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, within the Endicott Mountains of the Brooks Range, 3.8 km (2.4 mi) SE of Anaktuvuk Pass
History: Named for Dr. Helge Ingstad (1899-2001), Norwegian explorer, author, researcher, and discoverer of early Norse settlement in Newfoundland
Nakolikurok Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.8341667, -160.7111111)
Description: in Baird Mts., flows NW to Nakolik River 4.5 mi. S of its junction  with Noatak River, 59 mi. N of Kiana, Brooks Range
History: Eskimo name meaning "little Nakolik," obtained in 1956 at Noatak by Orth.
Grindstone (Populated Place), Haakon County, South Dakota (44.1391538, -101.9673731)
History: Named after the nearby Grindestone Buttes which were named bacause the feature is covered with a collection of coarse sandstone. This material resembles grindstones, which were used by local indians. This site served as a stage coach station on the Deadwood Trail. (SD-T17/p67,425)
Mansfield Peninsula (Cape), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (58.2461111, -134.8205556)
Description: on N end of Admiralty I. extending from Point Retreat 23 mi. S to Hawk Point, 14 mi. W of Juneau, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1893 by US@C&GS for Lieutenant Commander Henry Buckingham  Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), 1846-1918. As commander of the US@C&GS streamer Patterson,  he made coast and hydrographic surveys of Alaska waters from 1889 to 1891.
Mellicks Trading Post (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.6844444, -157.1780556)
Description: on W bank of Kuskokwim River 1 mi. S of Sleetmute, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Named for the owner, "Nick" R. Mellick, former postmaster at Sleetmute. (In 1923 the Alaska Road Commission reported Smeaton's Trading Post here. William M. Smeaton was postmaster at Sleetmute) from 1926 to 1933.
Moosehorn Island (Island), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.5, -160.1166667)
Description: in Yukon River, W of Bonasila I., and 23 mi. NW of Holy Cross, Innoko Low.
History: Riverboat pilots' name shown on a 1940 "Navigation Chart  of the Tanana-Yukon Rivers" published by the U.S. Dept. of Interior.
Strogonof Point (Cape), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (56.8897222, -158.8469444)
Description: on N shore of Alaska Peninsula, NE end of 8-mi. long barrier beach  that extends from SW side of Port Heiden, 10 mi. SW of Port Heiden Airfield;  Bristol Bay Low.
History: shown as "Cap du Baron Stroganoff," meaning "Baron Stroganofs Cape," in A. J. von Krusenstern's Atlas of the Pacific Ocean (1827, map 20). Russian salt merchant, Anika Stroganof. on an 1890 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) chart.
East Fork Chandalar River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.1016667, -147.2386111)
Description: heads at 690000N1440600W, flows SW to Chandalar River, 44 mi. SW of Chandalar, Brooks Range. 175 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1899 by Schrader (1900b, pl. 60), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kent Island (Island), Queen Anne's County, Maryland (38.9487242, -76.3149547)
Description: 31.6 square miles in size. Kent Island is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay, separated from the eastern shore by Kent Narrows and connected to the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay by the William Preston Lane Junior Memorial Bridge, also known as the Bay Bridge. (US-T121)
History: Captain William Claiborne (Clayborne), who arrived in 1621 settled on this island and named it for his homeland of Kent County in England. Claiborne became involved in local politics and he was given a license to explore the Chesapeake Bay and to trade with the Indians. In 1631 he established a trading post on the island. (US-T121)
Martin Creek (Stream), Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.2269444, -160.4008333)
Description: in Baird Mts., flows SE to Klery Creek, 18 mi. N of Kiana, Brooks Range
History: Name used by prospectors; reported in 1910 by P. S. Smith (in Brooks and others, 1911, pl. 13), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Breathitt County (Civil), Breathitt County, Kentucky (37.5216171, -83.3240853)
Description: Located in east central Kentucky, about 113 km (70 mi) southeast of Lexington; County Seat:  Jackson.
History: Established in 1839, named for teh 11th Governor of Kentucky, John Breathitt (1786-1834).  (KY-T1/p35)
Jones Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.1336111, -152.6777778)
Description: flows SW to Mettenpherg Creek, 2.5 mi. N of that stream's mouth  and 71 mi. SW of Wiseman, Brooks Range
History: Local name obtained in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
Gold Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.9944444, -163.67)
Description: flows SE to Ophir Creek, 38 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 2 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name published in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Reported as "Guy" on a map of Cape Nome gold fields by David Fox., Jr., dated 1901.