Ceographic Names 



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popular usage, and no amount of argu- 

 ment will lead to a sudden change. 

 In the writings of physiographers, for- 

 esters, naturalists, etc., however, it is 

 but reasonable to urge that a lower as 

 well as an upper timberline should re- 

 ceive attention and a consistent and 

 logical nomenclature adopted for all 

 similar boundaries of forests. 



DECISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 

 BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES 



During the Period June 1 to November 20, 1903 



Aberjona ; river, Middlesex County, Massa- 

 chusetts (not Abbajona). 



Aeneas ; creek, lake, mountain, and val- 

 ley, Okanogan County, Washington (not 

 Eneas). 



Ahoskie ; creek, post-office, railroad station, 

 ridge, and village, Hertford County, North 

 Carolina (not Ahoskey nor Ahosky). 



Antoine ; creek and valley, Okanogan County, 

 Washington (not Antwine). 



Attalla ; precinct and town, Etowah County, 

 Alabama (not Atala nor Attala). 



NOTE. — This is a reversal of the de- 

 cision Atala made in April, 1895. 



Bellmont ; post-office, precinct, railroad sta- 

 tion, and village, Wabash County, Illinois 

 (not Belmont). 



Bighorn ; river, in Montana and Wyoming, trib- 

 utary to the Yellowstone (not Big Horn). 



Blacks ; fork of Green River in Sweetwater 

 and Uinta Counties, Wyoming, and Sum- 

 mit County, Utah (not Black). 



Blueberry ; hill, in Woburn, Middlesex County, 

 Massachusetts (not Mt Pleasant) . 



Bonpas ; creek, Edwards, Richland, and Wa- 

 bash Counties, and township, Richland 

 County, Illinois ( not Bompas nor Bonpass). 



Cabezon ; Indian reservation, Riverside County, 

 California (not Cabazon, Cabazone, nor 

 Cabezons). 



Carpinteria ; creek, landing, post-office, and 

 railroad station, Santa Barbara County, 

 California (not Carpenteria). 



Carrabassett ; stream, tributary to the Ken- 

 nebec River, Franklin and Somerset Coun- 

 ties, Maine (not Carabasset, Carrabasset, 

 nor Sevenmile). 



Castile ; run, tributary to south fork of Ten- 

 mile Creek, Greene County, Pennsylvania 

 (not Casteel). 



Chads Ford ; post-office, railroad station, and 

 village, Delaware County, Pennsylvania 

 'not Chadd Ford, Chadds Ford, Chad's 

 Ford, etc.). 



Chopaka ; mountain, Okanogan County, Wash- 

 ington (not Chapace, Chapaka, Chopace, 

 Tcho-pahk, Tcho-park, etc.). 



Chupaderas ; creek, Bexar County, Texas (not 

 Chupaderos nor Chupederas ) . 



Croxton ; run, Knox township, Jefferson 

 County, Ohio (not Coxsons, Coxton's, 

 Crockson, Crookston, etc.). 



Cush Cushion; creek, in Greene township, In- 

 diana County, Pennsylvania (not Cush- 

 cushion, Cush-Cushian, nor Cushian). 



Eldon ; lake (arm of Raquette Lake) Hamil- 

 ton County, New York (not Elizabeth nor 

 Ellen). 



Gallups ; island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts 

 (not Gallop, Gallops, Gallup, nor Galop). 



Georges ; Island, Boston Bay, Suffolk County, 

 Massachusetts (not George nor St George). 



Goleta ; point, three miles southwest of Goleta, 

 Santa Barbara County, California (not 

 Pelican). 



Harding ; ledge, at entrance to Boston Bay, 

 Massachusetts (not Harding's). 



Hardys; pond, in Waltham, Middlesex County, 

 Massachusetts (not Hardy, Mead, nor 

 Means). 



Hawlings ; river, tributary to the Patuxent, 

 Montgomery County, Maryland (not Haw- 

 ling's nor Hollands). 



Hayden ; lake, in Madison town, Somerset 

 County, Maine (not Madison [pond]). 



High ; hill — highest hill on Long Island — in 

 Huntington, Suffolk County, New York 

 (not Jayne's nor West). 



Hollenbeck ; river, Litchfield County, Con- 

 necticut (not Hallenback, Hallenbech, nor 

 Hallenbeck). 



Jamacho ; land grant and post-office, San Diego 

 County, California (not Jamacha). 



Little Bighorn ; river, in Montana and Wyo- 

 ming, tributary to the Bighorn (not Little 

 Big Horn nor Little Horn). 



Little Sodus ; bay, Lake Ontario, Cayuga 

 County, New York (not Fairhaven). 



Marlboro ; township, Delaware County, Ohio 

 (not Marlborough). 



Myers ; creek, Okanogan County, Washing- 

 ton, and British Columbia (not Meyers nor 

 Myer). 



Myers Creek ; mining district and precinct, 

 Okanogan County, Washington (not 

 Meyers Creek). 



New Kingstown ; post-office, railroad station, 

 and village, Cumberland County, Penn- 

 sylvania (not New Kingston). 



Nissequogue ; neck and river, Smithtown, 

 Suffolk County, New York (not Nesse- 

 quoque, Nissaquague, Nissaquog, etc.). 



Nixes Mate ; shoal, in Boston Bay, Suffolk 

 County, Massachusetts (not Nicks Mate, 

 Nix Mate, Nix's Mate, nor Nixs Mate). 



