DECISIONS 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, 
189O-1899. 
[NOTE. This list includes all decisions rendered by the Board from its creation 
down to April 4, 1900, inclusive. Adopted forms are shown by bold-face type, 
rejected forms by italics, and revisions of previous decisions by an asterisk (*).] 
A. 
Aalplaus; see Alplaus. 
Abag-adasset; point, Kennebec river, 
Sagadahoc county, Me. (Not Abaga- 
dusset.) 
Abino; point, in Canada, near east end 
of Lake Erie. (Not Abineau. ) 
*Aboite; P. O. and R. R. station, Allen 
county, Ind. (Not Aboit.) 
Aboo-shehr; see Bushire. 
Abram; creek in Grant and Mineral 
counties, W. Va. (Not Abraham.) 
Abruad; see Riad. 
Absaroka; range of mountains in and 
near Yellowstone National Park. (Not 
Shoshone, Snow, nor Yellowstone.) 
Absecon; bay, beach, inlet, town, etc., 
Atlantic county, N. J. (Not Absecom 
village.) 
Acabonack; harbor in Easthampton, 
Suffolk county, Long Island, N. Y. 
(Not Acabomock.) 
Accomac; county seat of Accomac 
county, Va. (Not Drummondtown.) 
Accra; see Akkra. 
Acequia; P. O. and R. R. station, Doug- 
las county, Colo. (Not Ascequia.) 
Acken; dock, Raritan river, Middlesex 
county, N. J. (Not Acken's.) 
Acoakset; see Westport. 
Acoxna; P. O., McLeod county, Minn. 
(Not Aconia.) 
Acquasco; see Aquasco. 
Acquia; see Aquia. 
Ac-worth; P. 0., R. R. station, and town, 
Cobb county, Ga. (Not Ack worth.) 
Adam; island, Chesapeake bay, Dorches- 
ter county, Md. (Not Adams nor 
Adam's.) ' 
Adams; creek, tributary to Ossabaw 
sound, Chatham county, Ga. (Not 
Adams'.) 
Adam's creek; see Cunningham. 
Adams; township, Warren county, Ind. 
(Not J. Q. Adams.) 
Adams Fall; ledge in New Haven har- 
bor, Conn. (Not Adam's Fall. ) 
Add; see Somali. 
Adelina; P. O., Calvert county, Md. 
(Not Adalina.) 
Aderhold; ferry over Chattahoochee 
river, Campbell and Douglas counties, 
Ga. (Not Daholt nor Addahold.) 
Adirondack; mountains in northern 
New York. (Not Adirondac.) 
Adkins; see Atkins. 
Admiralty; see Yakutat. 
Adobe; P. O., Madison county, Mont. 
(Not Adobetown.) 
Adrar; a mountainous district in the 
western Sahara, Africa. (Not Aderar 
nor Aderer.) 
Afrikia; see Tunis. 
A/ton; see Home. 
Agashagok; see Bogoslof. 
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