28 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Arch Beach; village in Orange County, California, named from the natural arches 
in the cliffs in the ocean. 
Archdale; town in Randolph County, North Carolina, named for John Archdale, a 
lord proprietor and governor of Carolina. 
(Archer; county in Texas. 
Archer City; village in Archer County, named for Dr. Branch T. Archer, promi- 
nent in the early days of the State. 
Archuleta; county in Colorado, named for J. M. Archuleta, head of one of the old 
Spanish families of New Mexico. 
Areola; township and city in Douglas County, Illinois, named from the ancient 
town in Italy. 
Arctic; village in San Bernardino County, California, so called derisively from its 
location in the Mojave desert. 
Arden; town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, named from the Forest of 
Arden, in Shakespeare's play "As Ycu Like It." 
Arenac; county, and village in same county, in Michigan. An Indian word, auke, 
"earth" or "land," compounded with the Latin word arena. The name was 
coined by Schoolcraft and a party of early explorers. 
Arenzville; village in Cass County, Illinois, named for Francis A. Arenz, pioneer 
and founder. 
Arequa; gulch in Colorado, named for a man named Requa. 
Argenta; villages in Beaverhead County, Montana, and Salt Lake County, Utah, so 
named because of near-by silver mines. From the Latin argentum, meaning 
"silver.'' 
Argentine; city in Wyandotte County, Kansas, so named from the Latin argentum, 
"silver," a smelter being the first industry there. 
Argonia; city in Sumner County, Kansas, named from the ship Argo, in which 
Jason sailed to Colchis in quest of the "golden fleece." 
Argos; town in Marshall County, Indiana, named from the town in Greece. 
Arguello; village in Santa Barbara County, California. A Spanish term meaning 
"lack of health." 
Argusville; village in Schoharie County, New York, named for its principal paper, 
the Albany Argus. 
Argyle; towns in Walton County, Florida, and Winnebago County, Illinois, settled 
by Scotch, and named by them from the city in Scotland. 
Argyle; town in Washington County, New York, named for the Duke of Argyle in 
1786. 
Arietta; town in Hamilton County, New York, named for the wife of Rensselaer 
Van Rennselaer. 
Arikaree; river, and village in Arapahoe County, in Colorado, named from the 
Indian tribe. The word refers to "horn." 
Arizona; Territory of the United States. The word probably means arid zone or 
desert, but Mowry claims that the name is Aztec, from arizuma, signifying "sil- 
ver bearing. ' ' 
Arkadelphia; town in Clark County, Arkansas. The word is compounded of the 
abbreviation of Arkansas and the Greek word adelphus, "brother." 
Arkansas; State of the Union, county, and township in same county, and river in 
said State, and city in Cowley County, Kansas. Marquette and other French 
explorers wrote the word Alkansas and Akamsea, from the Indian tribe later 
known as Quapaw. The meaning of the name is unknown, but it is of Algon- 
quin origin and has no connection with the French arc, as has been asserted. 
Armada; town in Riverside County, California, and village in Macomb County, 
Michigan. A Spanish word, meaning "fleet," "squadron." 
