gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE CTNITED STATES. 33 
Augusta; township and village in Hancock County, Illinois, named from the city in 
Georgia, the home of the first settlors. 
Augusta; city in Butler County, Kansas, named for the wife of C. N. James, a 
trader. 
Augusta; city in Kennebec County, Maine, and county in Virginia, named for 
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales. 
Auraria; town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, surrounded by a hilly country con- 
taining valuable gold mines. A Latin word, meaning "gold town." 
Aurelius; town in Cayuga County, New York, named for the Roman emperor. 
Aurora; city in Dearborn County, Indiana, named for the association which laid it 
out. 
Aurora; township in Portage County, Ohio, named for the daughter of Amos Spaf- 
ford, a surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company. 
Aurora; county in South Dakota and in many other places, named from the Latin 
word, meaning ''morning," "dawn," "east." 
Ausable; river, and town in Clinton County, New York. A French word, meaning 
"sandy," or "at the sand." 
Austin; town in Lonoke County, Arkansas, and county and city in Travis Count \ , 
Texas, named for Stephen Fuller Austin, the first man to establish a permanenl 
American colony in Texas. 
Austin; suburb of Chicago, Illinois, named for Henry W. Austin, its founder. 
Austin; city in Mower County, Minnesota, named for Horace Austin, governor in 
1870-1874. 
Austin; town in Tunica County, Mississippi, named for Colonel Austin, on whose 
plantation the town was built. 
Austinburg; town in Ashtabula County, Ohio, named for Judge Austin, an early 
settler. 
1 Autauga; county in Alabama; 
Autaugaville ; town in Autauga County, Alabama. From an Indian word said to 
mean "land of plenty." 
Autryville; town in Sampson County, North Carolina, named for a member of the 
State legislature. 
Auxvasse; village in Callaway County, Missouri, named from the French word 
vasse, meaning "muddy." 
Ava; town in Oneida County, New York, named from the city in Burma. 
Avalon; town in Livingston County, Missouri, named from the town in France. 
Several other places bear this name. 
Avena; village in Inyo County, California. A Spanish word, meaning "oats." 
Avenal; town in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish term, meaning 
"field sown with oats." 
Avery; gores in Essex and Franklin counties, Vermont, named for the original 
grantee, Samuel Avery. 
Averyville; village in Peoria County, Illinois, named from the Avery Manufactur- 
ing Company, whose plant is located in the village. 
Avoca; town in Steuben County, New York, named by Sophia White, a resident, 
in allusion to Thomas Moore's poem, "Sweet Vale of Avoca." 
Avon; village in Fulton County, Illinois, named from the village in New York. 
Avon; village in Livingston County, New York, also many other places, named 
from the river in England, upon which Shakespeare's home was situated. 
Avoyelles; parish in Louisiana, named from an Indian tribe. 
Axtell; city in Marshall County, Kansas, named for Dr. Jesse Axtell, an officer of 
the St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway. 
Ayer; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Dr. James ( '. Ayer, who 
partially donated the town hall. 
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