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Benoni; Point, Choptank River, Talbot 
County, Md. (Not Benonies.) 
Bentinck; see Steele. 
Bentley; Railroad Station, Baltimore 
County, Md. (Not Bentley Springs.) 
Bentley; see Watchman. 
*Bentleyville; Borough, Washington 
County, Pa. (Not Bentleysville.) 
Benton; Pond, Otis Town, Berkshire 
County, Mass. (Not Parish.) 
Bentons Ferry; Village, Marion County, 
W. Va. (Not Benton Ferry.) 
Benue; Benuwe; see Binue. 
Benvillc', Steamboat Wharf, St. Marys 
County, Md. (Not Wynee.) 
Berdeleben; see Bendeleben. 
Beresford; Lake, Volusia County, Fla. 
(Not Bearfoot.) 
Bergenfield; Borough, Bergen County, 
N. J. (Not Bergen Fields nor Bergen- 
fields.) 
Berhampoor; see Berhampore. 
Berhampore; City, Murshidabad Dis- 
trict, Bengal, India. (Not Berhampoor 
nor Berhampur.) 
Berhampur; see Berhampore. 
Bering; Glacier, Island, Sea, and Strait, 
Alaska. (Not Behring nor Kamchatka.) 
So named after Capt. Commander Ivan 
Ivanovich Beriag, to whose exploration, 
in 1741, we owe our first knowledge of 
what is now Alaska. Bering himself, 
his ancestors for five generations at 
least, and hia descendants spell the 
name Bering. This form is widely used 
by English-speaking people and almost 
universally used by all others. — M. B. 
Bering; see Controller. 
Beriuch; see Biryuch. 
Berkeley Heights; Railroad Station, 
Union County, N. J. (Not Berkley 
Heights.) 
Berkley; see Barkley. 
Berlin; Mountain, Williamstown, Berk- 
shire County, Mass., and Berlin Town, 
Rensselaer, County, N. Y. In New 
York State known as Mount McComber; 
in Massachusetts as Berlin Mountain; 
Williams College people call it Mount 
Hopkins. 
Berlin Centre; see Center Berlin. 
Bermejo; see Vermejo. 
Bermuda; a group of islands in the west- 
ern Atlantic Ocean. Called "Bermu- 
das" after Juan Bermudes, a Spanish 
mariner, who discovered them in 1515. 
In 1609 Admiral Sir George Somers, 
Royal Navy, 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; Creek, tributary to Black River, 
Alaska, International Boundary (be- 
tween Alaska and Canada). 
Bern; Township, Berks County, Pa. 
(Not Berne.) 
Bern; see Berne. 
Bernard; Township, Somerset County, 
N. J. (Not Bernards.) 
Bernardo; see San Dieguito. 
*Beme; Town, Adama County, Ind. 
. (Not Bern.) 
Berne; Town and Village, Albany Coun- 
ty, N. Y. (Not Bern.) 
Bernville; Borough, Berks County, Pa. 
(Not Berneville.) 
Berry; Trail, Coconino County, Ariz. 
Berryessa; Village,- Santa Clara County, 
Cal. (Not Berreyesa, Berryesa, nor 
Beryessa.) 
Berut; see Beirut. 
Besboro; Island, Norton Sound, Alaska. 
(Not Besborough.) 
Betatakin; Prehistoric Cliff Dwellings, 
.Navajo National Monument, Navajo 
County, Ariz. 
Betcharef; see Becharof. 
Bethel; Township and Village, Berks 
County, Pa. (Not Bethal nor Millers- 
burg.) 
Bethel; Township, Fulton County, Pa. 
(Not Bethal.) 
Bethlehem Reach; Lighthouse, 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 Betsy 
BeU.) 
