26 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Anoka; village in Cass County, Indiana, county, and city in same county, in Minne- 
sota, and village in Broome County, New York. An Indian word meaning "on 
both sides." 
Anson; county in North Carolina', named for Admiral Anson, British navy, who 
purchased land in the State. 
Anson; town in Jones County, Texas, named for Anson Jones, first president of the 
Texas Republic. 
Ansonia; city in New Haven County, Connecticut, named for Anson G. Phelps, 
senior partner of the firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co., which established the place. 
Ansonville; town in Anson County, North Carolina, named for Admiral Anson of 
the British navy, w T ho built the town. 
Ansted; town in Fayette County, West Virginia, named for Professor Ansted, the 
English geologist, who reported on a tract of coal land there and had an interest 
in it. 
Antelope; township in Mono County and town in Sacramento County, California, 
and many other places; generally named from the antelope of the plains. 
Antelope; county in Nebraska, named at the suggestion of Mr. Leander Gerrard, in 
commemoration of the killing and eating of an antelope during the pursuit of 
some Indians. 
Antero; mount in the Sawatch Range, Colorado, named for a prominent Ute Indian. 
Anthony; city in Harper County, Kansas, named for Governor George T. Anthony. 
Anthony's Nose; promontory on the Hudson River, New York, said by Irving to 
have been named so in reference to Anthony Van Corlear's nose; Lossing says, 
"Anthony de Hooges, secretary of Rensselaerwick, had an enormous nose, and 
the promontory was named in honor of that feature." 
Antigo; city in Langlade County, Wisconsin. The name is taken from the Indian 
word neequee-antigo-sebi, antigo meaning ' ' evergreen. ' ' 
Antioch; town in Contra Costa County, California, village in Lake County, Illinois, 
and many other places, named from the city in Syria. 
Antrim; county in Michigan, and town in Guernsey County, Ohio, named by early 
Irish settlers from the town in Ireland. Many other places are named from the 
same. 
Antwerp; town in Jefferson County, New York, built by a company which was 
formed in Holland, who named the new place from the city in Belgium. 
Antwerp; village in Paulding County, Ohio, named from the town in New York. 
Apache; county and pass in Arizona, village in Huerfano County, Colorado, and 
town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, named from the Indian tribe. The word is 
of Pima or Pajago Indian origin and signifies "alien," i. e., "enemy." 
Apalachee; river and post-olfice in Morgan County, Georgia. From the Hichiti 
Indian word, meaning "on the other side" (of a stream), or it may be derived 
from apalatchiokli, ' ' people on the other side. ' ' 
Apalachicola; river and city in Franklin County, Florida. A Hichiti Indian word, 
signifying "people on the other side." 
Apex; village in San Diego County, California, named with reference to its situation 
in the mountains. 
Apex; village in Wake County, North Carolina, so named because it is the highest 
point between Raleigh and Deep rivers. 
Apollo; borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, named for the classical god. 
Apopka; town in Orange county, Florida. The name derived from the Indian word 
tsalopopkohatchee, meaning "catfish eating creek." 
Apostles; group of islands in Lake Superior, so called by the early Jesuits, under 
the impression that they numbered twelve. 
Appalachia; village in Wise County, Virginia. Name derived from Appalachian. 
