gannett.J PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 21 
Algonquin; post-offices in Franklin County, New York, and Carroll County, Ohio, 
named from a prominent Indian tribe. The word seems to mean "(people) on 
the other side," or "eel-spring place." 
Alhambra; post-office in Los Angeles County, California, village in Madison County, 
Illinois, and six other places, named from the palace in Spain. 
Aliquippa; borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, named for a Delaware Indian 
woman. Said to mean "hat," and also spelled Allegrippus in early period. 
Aliso; villages in Orange and San Bernardino counties, California. A Spanish word 
meaning "alder tree." 
Alkali; creek in Montana, so named from the alkaline quality of the water. 
Allagash; principal branch of St. Johns River, and plantation and post-office in 
Aroostook County, Maine. An Indian word meaning "bark cabin lake." The 
Indians bad a hunting cam]) near the headwaters of the river, hence the name. 
Allamakee; county in Iowa. The Iowa Historical Society says it was named for 
Allen Makee, an Indian trader. 
Allegan; county, and village in same county in Michigan; 
Allegany; county in Maryland, county, and town in Cattaraugus County, New 
York, and post-office in Coos County, Oregon; 
Alleghany; counties in North Carolina and Virginia; 
Allegheny; county, city in same county, and river in Pennsylvania, and moun- 
tains in the eastern United States. A corruption of the Delaware Indian name 
for the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, the meaning of the name being lost. 
Alleghany; village and mining camp in Sierra County, California, named by early 
settlers from Alleghany, Pennsylvania. 
Allemands; town in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, situate' 1 on Bayou <\^< A de- 
mands, "bayou of the Germans." 
Allen; county in Indiana, named for Col. William Allen, of Kentucky. 
Allen; county in Kansas, named for William Allen. United States Senator from 
Ohio, 1837-1849. 
Allen; counties in Kentucky and Ohio, named for Col. John Allen, who fell at the 
battle of Raisin River, in the war of 1812. 
Allen; township in Northampton County. Pennsylvania, named for William Allen, 
of Pennsylvania, at one time chief justice of the province. 
Allendale; village in Wabash County. Illinois, named for a railroad contractor. 
Allendale; town in Barnwell County, South Carolina, named for the Allen family, 
prominent in that district. 
Allenhill; post-office in Ontario County, New York, named for Nathaniel Allen, 
one of the first settlers. 
Allenstown; town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, named for Samuel Allen, 
to whose children the granl was made in 1722. 
Allentown; borough in Monmouth County. New Jersey, and city in Lehigh 
County, Pennsylvania, named for William Allen, of Pennsylvania, at one time 
chief justice of the province. 
Allerton; village in Vermilion County, Illinois, named forSamuel Allerton, founder 
and extensive land owner. 
Alliance; city in Stark County, Ohio, so named because of its location midway the 
towns of Freedom and Mount Union, and also as the union of two railroads. 
Alligator; river and swamp in North Carolina, so named because of the numerous 
alligators. 
Allin; town in McLean County, Illinois, named for .lames Allin, a pioneer. 
Alloway; township in Salem County, and creek in New Jersey, named foraresident 
Indian chief. 
