U. S. Board on Geographic Names 



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Bowlems ; creek and mountain, Yancey 

 Count}', North Carolina (not Bo- 

 lens). 



Brockatonorton ; bay, in Chincoteague 

 Bay, Worcester County, Maryland 

 (not Bockatonorton nor Parkers). 



Byuum; post-office, railroad station, and 

 run, Harford County, Maryland 

 (not Binum, Bimans, Bynhams, 

 etc.). 



Calabazas ; creek, tributary to Sonoma 

 Creek, Sonoma County, California 

 (not Calabezas nor Calebezas). 



Calabazas is Spanish for pumpkin, cal- 

 abash, etc. 



Cascade Springs ; post village, Fall 

 River County, South Dakota (not 

 Cascade). 



Chikasanoxee ; creek, tributary to Tal- 

 lapoosa River, Chambers County, 

 Alabama (not Chickasonoxie, etc.). 



Cohobadiah ; creek, tributary to the Lit- 

 tle Tallapoosa, Gleburne and Ran- 

 dolph Counties, Alabama (not Co- 

 habadia nor Hobadijah). 



Craigville ; post-office and railroad sta- 

 tion, Orange County, New York 

 (not Craigsville). 



Cutnose ; creek, tributary to the Little 

 Tallapoosa, Randolph County, Ala- 

 bama (not Cutnoe nor Cut Nose) . 



Donohoe ; railroad station, Westmore- 

 land County, Pennsylvania (not 

 Donahoe nor DonohueJ. 



Doves ; cove, in Bush River, Harford 

 County, Maryland (not Dove nor 

 Dove's). 



Edmondson ; mountain, McDowell 

 County, North Carolina (not Ed- 

 monson nor Edmundson). 



Gillespie ; creek, Ohio County, West 

 Virginia (not Gillaspies, Glasby, 

 nor Glyspie). 



Greys ; creek, tributary to Assawoman 

 Bay, Worcester County, Maryland 

 (not Gray's, Grey's, nor Rileys). 



Griers; hollow, Franklin County, Penn- 

 sylvania (not Greer, Greers, etc. 1. 



Honeygo ; run, branch of Whitemarsh 

 Run, Baltimore County, Maryland 

 not Herring nor Horning). 



La Purisima Concepcion ; land grant, 

 Santa Clara County, California (not 

 La Purissima Concepcion). 



Lauderick ; creek, tributary to Bush 

 River, Harford County, Maryland 

 (notLoderick, Luckwick, norLud- 

 wig). 



Lemaster ; post-office and railroad sta- 

 tion, Franklin County, Pennsylva- 

 nia (not Lehmasters nor Lemas- 

 ters). 



Little Falls ; city and township, Herki- 

 mer County, New York (not Little- 

 falls). 



Lobitos ; creek, San Mateo County, 

 California (not Lobatos, Lobitas, 

 nor Lobitus). 



Matamoros ; town, near mouth of Rio 

 Grande, State of Tamaulipas, Mex- 

 ico (not Matamoras 1 . 



New Windsor ; village, post-office, and 

 railroad station, Weld County, 

 Colorado (not Windsor). 



Nicks ; creek, tributary to Catawba 

 River, McDowell County, North 

 Carolina (not Nix). 



Outward Tump ; island, Chincoteague 

 Bay, Worcester County, Maryland 

 (not West Clump). 



Palomar ; mountain, in northern part of 

 San Diego County, California (not 

 Smith) . 



Parnell ; knob, at south end of North 

 Mountain, Franklin County, Penn- 

 sylvania (not Parnel). 



Phillipston ; post-office and railroad sta- 

 tion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania 

 (not Philipston). 



Pilarcitos; canyon, creek, and lake, near 

 Pillar Point, San Mateo County, 

 California (not Pillarcitos). 



Pit ; river, tributary to the Sacramento 

 River in northern California (not 

 Pitt). 



This name, applied as early as 1850, is 

 thus explained in Pacific Railroad Report, 

 vol. VI, p. 64 : 



' ' We passed many pits about six feet 

 deep and lightly covered with twigs and 

 grass. The river derives its name from 

 these pits, -which are dug bv the Indians 

 to entrap game. On this account Lieu- 

 tenant Williamson always spelled the 

 name witli a single t. " 



