gannf.tt.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 29 
Armagh; borough and town in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, named from the 
Irish town. 
Armonk; village in Westchester County, New York. An Indian word meaning 
"fishing place." 
Armourdale; formerly a village, now a station in Kansas City, Kansas, named for 
the Armour brothers, bankers and pork packers. 
Armstrong"; county in Pennsylvania, named for Gen. Johu Armstrong, of Pennsyl- 
vania, who commanded the expedition against the Indians at Kittanning in L756. 
Armstrong; county in South Dakota, named for Moses K. Armstrong, Congressman 
and legislator, L870. 
Armstrong; county in Texas, named for a pioneer of the State. 
Arnolds; creek in Ohio County, Indiana, named for Colonel Arnold, of the Revo- 
lutionary war. 
Aromos; town in San Benito County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"perfumes." 
Aroostook; river and county in Maine. An Indian word meaning "good river," 
or "clear of obstruction." 
Arrow; lake in Minnesota, so called from the name given by the early French 
explorers, lac mix fleches, "lake of the arrows." 
Arrowhead; hot springs in southern California, named from a huge discoloration 
on the slopes of a mountain north of San Bernardino, which takes the form of 
an Indian arrowhead. 
Arrow Rock; village in Saline County, Missouri, built upon a spot where the 
Indians formerly resorted for arrowheads, because of the suitability of the rock 
for that purpose. 
Arrowsmith; town in McLean County, Illinois, named for Daniel Arrowsmith, its 
founder. 
{Arroyo; villages in Elk County, Pennsylvania, and Cameron County, Texas; 
Arroyo Grande; town in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish word 
meaning "creek" or "rivulet," and "grande — large." 
Arroyo Hondo; village in Taos County, New Mexico, which takes its name from a 
near-by creek. A Spanish name meaning "deep creek." 
Arroyo Seco; village in Monterey County, California. From the Spanish mean- 
ing "dry creek." 
Artesia; village in Los Angeles County, California, and town in Lowndes County, 
Mississippi, named from artesian wells. 
Arthur; village in Moultrie County, Illinois, named for Arthur Hervey, brother of 
the founder. 
Asbury Park; borough and city in Monmouth Comity, New Jersey, named for 
Francis Asbury, the pioneer bishop of Methodism in America. Several towns 
in the southern States bear his name. 
Ascension; parish in Louisiana, named by the early French settlers from the fes- 
tival of the Ascension. 
Ascutney; mountain in Vermont. An Indian word meaning "fire mountain," 
from its having been burned over. It is also said to signify " three brothers," 
and is supposed to refer to three singular valleys which run down the western 
slope of the mountain. 
Ascutney ville; village in Windsor County, Vermont, named from Ascutney 
Mountain. 
Ashbee; harbor in Virginia, named for Solomon Ashbee. 
Ashburnham; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for John, second 
earl of Ashburnham. 
Ashbyburg; village in Hopkins County, Kentucky, named for Gen. Stephen 
Ashby. 
