34 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Ayish; bayou in Texas, named from an Indian tribe. 
Ayr; village in Adams County, Nebraska, named for Doctor Ayr, of Iowa, a rail- 
road director. 
Ayrshire; town in Palo Alto County, Iowa, named from the town in Scotland. 
Azalia; village in Bartholomew County, Indiana, named for the flower. 
Aztec; village in San Juan County, New Mexico, named for one of the native tribes of 
Mexico. The word is said to mean ' ' place of the heron. " Other interpretations 
give "white," or "shallow land where vapors arise." Humboldt gives "land 
•of flamingoes." The word azcatl means "ant," but Buschmann says that this 
word has no connection with the name of the tribe. 
Babruly; creek in Missouri. The word is a corruption of the French hois bride, 
"burnt wood." 
Babylon; village in Suffolk County, New York, named from the ancient city in Asia. 
Baca; county in Colorado, named for a prominent Mexican family of Trinidad, 
Colorado. 
Bache; mount in California, named for A. I). Bache, superintendent of the Coast 
and Geodetic Survey. 
Baconhill; village in Saratoga County, New York, named for Ebenezer Bacon, a 
tavern keeper in early days. 
Bad; river in Michigan, named by the Dakota Indians, wakpashlcha, "bad river." 
Badaxe; river in Wisconsin, and village in Huron County, Michigan. 
Baden; borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and several other places in the 
United States, named from the German state. 
Badger; town in Tulare County, California, named by settlers from Wisconsin, the 
"Badger State." 
Badger; creeks in Iowa, Yellowstone Park, and many other places, so named from 
the presence of that animal. 
Badlands; term applied to a region in South Dakota. It is said that the old 
French voyageurs described the region as " mauvaises terres pour traverser," 
meaning that it was a difficult country to travel through; from this the term has 
been carelessly shortened and translated into the present misnomer. 
Bagdad; town in San Bernardino County, California, named from the city in Asiatic 
Turkey. 
Baggers; point on Indian River, Florida, named for the owner, John Baggers. 
I Bailey; town in Shasta County, California; 
Baileys Ferry; village in Stanislaus County, California. Named for Capt. G. 
Bailey, United States Army. 
Bailey; county in Texas, named for one of the men who fell at the Alamo, March 6, 
1836. His first name is worn off the stone monument, which is the only record 
left of his career. 
Bailey ville; village in Stephenson County, Illinois, named for O. Bailey, an early 
settler. 
Bainbridge; towns in Decatur County, Georgia, and Chenango County, New York, 
and village in Ross County, Ohio. Named for Commander William Bainbridge, 
of the war of 1812 and the war with Tripoli. 
Baird; town in Sunflower County, Mississippi, named for the man who owned the 
land upon which the town is built. 
Baker; county in Florida, named for James M. Baker, judge of the fourth judicial 
district of the State. 
Baker; county in Georgia, named for Col. John Baker, an officer in the war of the 
Revolution. 
{Baker; county in Oregon; 
Baker City; city in Baker County, Oregon. Named for Edward Dickinson Baker, 
officer in the Union Army, and senator from Oregon. 
