gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 19 
Alamo; post-office in Contra Costa County, California, and many other places, named 
from the old fort in Texas, which was so called from a grove of cottonwood 
trees. A Spanish word meaning " poplar" or "cottonwood." 
Alamogordo; city in Otero County, New Mexico. A Spanish word meaning "large 
poplar" or "large cottonwood." 
Alamoosook; pond in Hancock County, Maine, near Orland. An Indian word 
meaning "little dog place." 
Alamosa; town in Conejos County and stream in Colorado. The stream was named 
by the early Spanish explorers, the town taking its name from the stream. A 
Spanish word, meaning "shaded with elms," though cottonwood is the actual 
growth. 
Alaqua; river and town in Walton County, Florida. An Indian word meaning 
"sweet gum." 
Alaska; Territory of the United States. Possibly from the Esquimaux Avoid 
dlakshak, peninsula. 
Albany; township and village in Whiteside County, Illinois, county in Wyoming, 
and many other places, named from the city in New York. 
Albany; county, and city in same county, in New York, named for the Duke of 
York, whose Scotch title was "Duke of Albany," afterwards James II of England. 
Albemarle; town in Stanly County and sound in North Carolina, and county in 
Virginia, named for Gen. George Monk, Earl of Albemarle, one of the original 
proprietors. 
Alberhill; railroad station and mine in Riverside County, California, named for the 
owners, Albers and Hill. 
Albert Lea; lake in Freeborn County, Minnesota, named for Lieut. Albert M. Lea, 
who explored the "Blackhawk Purchase" and published an account of his 
explorations in 1836. 
Albert Lea; city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, between two lakes, from one of 
which it derives its name. 
Albertville; town in Marshall County, Alabama, named for the first settler. 
Albina; village, now a part of Portland, Oregon, named for the wife of Judge Page, 
of Portland. 
Albion; town in Kennebec County, Maine, and many other places named from the 
ancient name of England. 
Albion Hills; village in Nevada County, California, the name being suggested by 
the white bluffs. 
Albuquerque; city in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, named for the Spanish Duke 
of Albuquerque, who visited this spot in 1703-1710. From the Latin, quercus 
albus, meaning "white oak." 
Alburg; town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, named for Gen. Ira Allen, one of 
the original grantees. 
Alcalde; town in Fresno County, California. A Spanish word, meaning "judge." 
Alcatraz; island and post-office in San Francisco County, California. A Spanish 
word, meaning "pelican." 
Alcona; county, and post-office in same county, in Michigan. An Indian form, 
manufactured by Schoolcraft, meaning "unknown." 
Alcorn; county in Mississippi, named for James L. Alcorn, governor of the State in 
1870-71. 
Alden; town in Hardin County, Iowa, named for Henry Alden, who settled there 
in 1854. 
Alden; town in Erie County, New York, named by one of its citizens for his wife's 
mother. 
Alderson; town in Monroe County, West Virginia, named for Rev. John Alderson, 
pioneer settler 
