REPORT OF BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 
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Benning; village, D.C. (NofcBennings.) 
Benoni; point, Choptank river, Talbot 
county, Md. (Not Benonies.) 
Bentinck; see Steele. 
Bentley; R. R. station, Baltimore county, | 
Md. (Not Bentley Springs.) 
Bentley; see Watchman. 
* Bentleyville; borough and R. R. sta¬ 
tion, Washington county, Pa. (Not 
Bentleysville.) 
Benton; pond, Berkshire county, Mass. 
(Not Parish.) 
Bentons Ferry; R. R. station, Marion 
county, W. Va. (Not Benton Ferry.) 
Benue; Benuwe; see Binue. 
Benville; steamboat wharf, Saint Marys 
county, Md. (Not Wynne.) 
Berdeleben; see Bendeleben. 
Beresford; lake, Volusia county, Fla. 
(Not Bearfoot.) 
Bergenfield; borough and R. R. station, 
Bergen county, N. J. (Not Bergen 
Fields nor Bergenfields.) 
Bering; glacier, island, sea, and strait, 
Alaska. (Not Behring nor Kam- j 
chatka.) 
Note.— So named after Capt. Comdr. Ivan [ 
Ivanovich Bering, to whose exploration, in 1 
1741, we owe our first knowledge of what is ■ 
now Alaska. Bering himself, his ancestors for j 
five generations at least, and his descendants J 
spell the name Bering. This form is widely j 
used by English speaking people and almost I 
universally used by all others. M. B. 
Bering; see Controller. 
Berkeley Heights; R. R. station, Union 
county, N. J. (Not Berkley Heights.) 
Berkley; see Barkley. 
Berlin; mountain in Rensselaer county, 
N. Y. 
Note. —In New York state known as Mount 
McComber; in Massachusetts as Berlin moun¬ 
tain; Williams College people call it Mount 
Hopkins. 
Berlin Centre; see Center Berlin. 
Bermejo; see Vermejo. 
Bermuda; a group of islands in the 
Western Atlantic ocean. 
Note. —Called Bermudas after Juan Bermu- j 
des, a Spanish mariner, who discovered them in j 
1515. In 1609 Admiral Sir George Somers, R. N., 
in the Sea Venture, found them uninhabited. 
He was wrecked and died there, and the islands 
were called after him by his companions, 
“ Somers Islands.” Bermuda has been adopted 
as the British official usage, and is the popular 
and all but universal designation. A. H. A. 
Bern; R. R. station and town, Adams 
county, Ind. (Not Berne.) 
Bern; R. R. station and township, Berks 
county, Pa. (Not Berne.) 
Bernard; township in Somerset county, 
N. J. (Not Bernards.) 
Bernardo; see San Dieguito. 
Berne; town and village, Albany county, 
N. Y. (Not Berm) 
Bernville; borough, Berks county, Pa. 
(Not Berneville.) 
Berryessa; village, Santa Clara county, 
Cal. (Not Berreyesa, Berryesa, nor 
Beryessa.) 
Berut; see Beirut. 
Besboro; island in Norton sound, Alaska. 
(Not Besborough.) 
Betcharef; see Becharof. 
Bethel; town and township, Berks 
county, Pa. (Not Bethal nor Millers* 
burg.) 
Bethel; township, Fulton county, Pa. 
(Not Bethal.) 
Bethlehem Reach; light-house, Ohio 
river, 29 miles above Louisville, Trim¬ 
ble county, Ky. (Not Bethlehem’s 
Reach.) 
Bethune Pass; see Grapevine. 
Betsey Bell; mountain near Staunton, 
Augusta county, Va. (Not Betsv 
Bell.) 
Betsie; light-house, point, and river, 
Benzie county, Mich. (Not Bees Scies 
nor Betsey.) 
Betts Chute; two light-houses, Missis¬ 
sippi river, Winona county, Minn. 
(Not Betts’ Chute.) 
Beulah; town, Pueblo county, Colo. 
(Not Buelah.) 
Beulah; village on Vernon river, Chat¬ 
ham county, Ga. (Not Beaulieu, Bew- 
lie, nor Bula.) 
Bevans; town, Sussex'county,N. J. (Not 
Peter’s Valley.) 
Bickley Mill; town, Russell county, Va. 
(Not Bickley’s Mills.) 
Bielgorod; see Belgrade. 
Bieli; rock in northern part of Sitka 
sound, Alaska. (Not Biele, Bielie, nor 
White.) 
Bieller; light, Mississippi river, Tensas 
parish, La. (Not Bieller’s.) 
Biequi; see Vieques, 
Big; see Hazel Green. 
