22 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Allred; county in North Dakota, named for L. J. Allred, member of the territorial 
council. 
Allum; pond in Connecticut, named for a Quinebaug captain. The word signifies 
"dog" in the local Indian dialect. 
Alma; town in Santa Clara County, California. From the Spanish, meaning "spirit 
of man." 
Alma; town in Park County, Colorado, named by Mr. James, a merchant, for his 
wife. 
Alma; township and village in Marion County, Illinois, city in Wabaunsee County, 
Kansas, and village in Gratiot County, Michigan, named from the battlefield in 
the Crimea, where the allied French, English, and Turkish troops triumphed 
over Russia, September 20, 1854. 
Alma; city in Harlan County, Nebraska, named for the daughter of one of the first 
settlers. 
Almaden; township in Santa Clara County, California, containing mines of mercury. 
These mines are named from the quicksilver mines in Spain. 
Almond; town in San Diego County, California, so named because of the almond 
orchards in the vicinity. 
Almont; village in Lapeer County, Michigan, named for the Mexican general, 
Almonte. 
Alpena; county, and city in same county, in Michigan, and village in Jerauld County, 
South Dakota. An Indian form manufactured by Schoolcraft from Algonquin, 
andjenaisee, bird, in the Ojibwa language. 
Alpha; village in Nevada County, California, and township and village in Henry 
County, Illinois, named from the first letter of the Greek alphabet, signifying 
1 1 the beginning. ' ' 
Alpine; county in California, so named because of its mountainous surface, being 
traversed by the Sierra Nevada. Many places in the United States bear this 
name in reference to their elevation. 
Alta; village in Placer County, California; town in Buena Vista County, Iowa, and 
post-office and mining camp in Salt Lake County, Utah. A Latin word meaning 
"high." Many other places bear this name with reference to their elevation. 
Alta; village in Peoria County, Illinois, situated on the highest point between Peoria 
and Rock Island. 
Altadena; town in Los Angeles County, California, named with reference to its 
elevation. 
Altamont; post village in Alameda County, California, town in Effingham County, 
Illinois, situated on the highest point between St. Louis and Terre Haute, and 
post-office in Garrett County, Maryland. A Spanish phrase meaning "high 
mountain." 
Altaville; villages in Calaveras and Del Norte counties, California, named from their 
elevation. 
Alta Vista; village in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, so named by Rock Island Rail- 
road officials because that road crosses the watershed between the Kansas and 
Neosho rivers at this point. 
Alton; village in Humboldt County, California, named from the city in Illinois. 
Many other places are named from the same. 
Alton; city in Madison County, Illinois, named by Rufus Easton, the founder, for 
his son. 
Alton; town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, named from the town in England. 
Altoona; town in Polk County, Iowa, situated at the highest elevation between the 
Des Moines and Mississippi rivers; and city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, so 
named because of its high situation in the Allegheny Mountains. A derivative 
of the Latin word alius, meaning "high." 
