32 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Atkinson; township and town in Holt County, Nebraska, named for Col. John 
Atkinson, of Detroit, Michigan. 
Atkinson; town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, named for Theodore 
Atkinson, a large landholder. 
Atkinsonville ; village in Owen County, Indiana, named for Stephen Atkinson. 
Atlanta; township and city in Logan County, Illinois, named from the city in Georgia. 
Atlanta; city in Fulton County, Georgia, so named to designate its relationship to 
the Atlantic Ocean, by means of a railway running to the coast. 
Atlantic; ocean, named from the Greek word, meaning "the sea beyond Mount 
Atlas." 
J Atlantic; county in New Jersey; 
I Atlantic City; city in Atlantic County, New Jersey; named from the ocean. 
Atlantic; creek in Yellowstone Park, named because it flows from Two-Ocean Pass 
down the slope toward the Atlantic Ocean. 
Atlantic Highlands; borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, so named from 
its situation, which overlooks the ocean. 
Atoka; town in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. An Indian word, meaning "in 
another place," or "to another place." 
{Attala; county in Mississippi; 
Attalaville; village in Attala county. Named for Atala, the heroine of an Indian 
romance, by Chateaubriand. 
Attapulgus; village in Decatur County, Georgia. An Indian word, meaning "bor- 
ing holes into wood to make a fire." 
Attica; city in Fountain County, Indiana; village in Wyoming County, New York, 
and many other places, named from the ancient division in Greece. 
Attitah* peak of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. An Indian word, mean- 
ing " blueberries." 
Attleboro; town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, named from the town in 
England. 
Atwater; village in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, probably named for Isaac 
Atwater, early settler of St. Paul. 
Atwater; town in Portage County, Ohio, named for Capt. Caleb Atwater, an early 
surveyor in the Western Reserve. 
Atwood; village in Piatt County, Illinois, named from its location at the edge of 
the woods 
Atwood; city in Rawlins County, Kansas, named for Attwood Matheny, a son of 
the founder, J. M. Matheny. 
Aubrey; valley in Arizona, named for an army officer. 
Auburn; city in Placer County, California, named by settlers from the city in New 
York. 
{Auburn; city in Cayuga County, New York; and many other places; 
Auburndale; village in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Named with 
reference to Auburn in Goldsmith's poem, "The Deserted Village." 
Audrain; county in Missouri, named for Col. James K. Audrain, who died while 
serving as member of the Missouri legislature, 1832. 
Audubon; mount in Colorado, county in Iowa, and village in Becker County, Min- 
nesota, named for the celebrated ornithologist, John James Audubon. Many 
other places bear his name. 
Aughwick; tributary of the Juniata River, Pennsylvania. An Indian word, mean- 
ing " overgrown with brush." 
Auglaize; river in Missouri, and river and county in Ohio. A French phrase, mean- 
ing "at the clay" or "at the loam," used descriptively. 
Augusta; city in Richmond County, Georgia, settled during the reign of King 
George II of England, and named for the royal princess Augusta. 
