THE NAMES AND TKEIE OREGIK 
Aaronsburg-; town in Center County, Pennsylvania, named for Aaron Levy, who 
laid it out in 1786. 
Abahtacook; creek in Maine, branch of theMatamiscontis River. An Indian word 
meaning "stream that runs parallel with a big river." 
Abajo; mountains in Utah. A Spanish word meaning "low." 
Abanako ; village in Van Wert County, Ohio, named from an Indian tribe. The 
word means "the east land." 
Abaquag-e ; pond near the source of Little River, Connecticut. An Indian word 
meaning "flaggy meadow." 
Abbeville ; county, and town in same county, in South Carolina, settled and named 
by immigrants from France, for the French town of that name. 
Abbot ; town in Piscataquis County, Maine, named for Prof. John Abbot, treasurer 
. of Bowdoin College. 
Abbotsford ; village in St. Clair County, Michigan, named from the home of Sir 
Walter Scott. 
Abbott ; village in Arapahoe County, Colorado, named for Albert F. Abbott, who 
platted it. 
Abbottstown; town in Adams County, Pennsylvania, named for John Abbott, who 
laid it out in 1753. 
Aberdeen ; city in Monroe County, Mississippi, town in Moore County, North Caro- 
lina, and numerous other places, named from the city in Scotland. 
Abert ; lake in Oregon, named for Col. J. J. Abert, topographical engineer, United 
States Army. 
Abiathar ; peak in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, named for Charles Abiathar White, 
of the United States Geological Survey. 
Abilene ; city in Dickinson County, Kansas, and village in Charlotte County, Vir- 
ginia, named from the province of ancient Syria. The word means "grassy 
plain." 
Abilene ; city in Taylor County, Texas, named from the city in Kansas. 
Abingdon ; city in Knox County, Illinois, named from Abingdon, Maryland, the 
birth place of one of its founders. 
Abingdon; village in Harford County, Maryland, town in Washington County, Vir- 
ginia, and several other places, named generally from the borough in Berkshire, 
England. 
Abington; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and several other places, 
named from the parish of Cambridgeshire, England. 
Ableman; village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, named for Col. S. V. R. Ableman, 
who settled there in 1851. 
Abocadneticook; creek in Maine, a branch of the Penobscot River. An Indian 
word meaning "stream narrowed by the mountains." 
Aboljackarmegas; creek in Maine, a branch of the Penobscot River, at I lie fool of 
Mount Katahdin. An Indian word meaning "bare" or "bold." 
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