DECISIONS 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, 
1890 - 1906 . 
[Note. —This list includes all decisions rendered by the Board. Adopted forms 
are shown by "bold-face type, rejected forms by italics , and revisions of previous 
decisions by an asterisk (*).] 
A. 
Aalplaus; see Alplaus. 
Abagadasset; point, Kennebec river, 
Sagadahoc county, Maine. (Not Aba- 
gadusset.) 
Aberjona; river, Middlesex county, 
Mass. (Not Abbajona.) 
Abino; point, in Canada, near east end 
of Lake Erie. (Not Abineau nor 
Albino.) 
*Aboite; R. R. station, Allen county, 
Ind. (Not Aboit.) 
Aboo-shehr; see Bush ire. 
Abram; creek in Grant and Mineral 
counties, W. Va. (Not Abraham.) 
Abram; see Shim mo. 
Abruad; see Riad. 
Absaroka; range of mountains in and 
near Yellowstone National Park. (Not 
Shoshone, Snow, nor Yellowstone.) 
Absecon; bay, beach, inlet, and town, 
Atlantic county, N. J. (Not Abse- 
com.) 
Abu-Shehv; see Bushire. 
Acabonack; harbor in Easthampton, 
Suffolk county, Long Island, N. Y. 
. (Not Acabomock.) 
Accomac; county seat of Accomac 
county, Va. (Not Drummondtown.) 
Accra; Accrah; see Akkra. 
Acequia; R. R. station, Douglas county, 
Colo. (Not Ascequia.) 
Acken; dock, Raritan river, Middlesex 
county, N. J. (Not Acken’s.) 
Acoaksel; see Westport. 
Acoma; township, McLeod county, 
Minn. (NotAconia.) 
Azores; see Azores. 
Acquasco; see Aquasco. 
Acquia; see Aquia. 
Acworth; R. R. station and town, Cobb 
county, Ga. (Not Ackworth.) 
Adam; island, Chesapeake bay, Dorches¬ 
ter county, Md. (Not Adam’s nor 
Adams.) 
Adams; creek, Chatham county, Ga. 
(Not Adams’.) 
Adams; township, Warren county, Ind. 
(Not J. Q. Adams.) 
Adam’s Creek; see Cunningham. 
Adams Fall; ledge in New Haven har¬ 
bor, Conn. (Not Adam’s Fall.) 
Adel; see Somali. 
Adelina; town, Calvert county, Md. 
(Not Adalina.) 
Aderhold; ferry over Chattahoochee 
river, Campbell and Douglas counties, 
Ga. (Not Addahold nor Daholt.) 
Adirondack; mountains in northern 
New York. (Not Adirondac.) 
Adkins; see Atkins. 
Admiralty; see Yakutat. 
Adobe; town, Madison county, Mont. 
(Not Adobetown.) 
Adrar; a mountainous district in the 
western Sahara, Africa. (Not Aderar.) 
Aektok; see Rootok. 
Aeneas; creek, lake, mountain, and val¬ 
ley, Okanogan county, Wash. (Not 
Eneas.) 
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