gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 35 
Baker; mount in Washington, named by the explorer, Vancouver, for a lieutenant 
in his party. 
Bakers; river in Grafton County, New Hampshire, named for Captain Baker, a 
soldier of the Indian wars. 
Bakersfield; city in Kern County, California, named for Col. Thomas Baker. 
Bakersfield; town in Franklin County, Vermont, named for Joseph Baker, who 
owned the land in 1789. 
Bakers Mills; village in Warren County, New York, named for the owner. 
Bakersville; town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
resident. 
Bakersville; town in Coshocton County, Ohio, named for John Baker, who laid it 
out in 1848. 
Baku; village in Sonoma County, California, situated in the petroleum district, and 
named from the oil fields of Baku, in Russia. 
Bald Eagle; village in Nevada County, California, named from the eagles in the 
sierras in the vicinity. 
Bald Eagle; valley, creek, and village in York County, Pennsylvania, named for 
the noted Seneca chief, Bald Eagle. 
Baldwin; county in Alabama, and county, and town in Habersham County, in 
Georgia, named for Abraham Baldwin, United States Senator from Georgia. 
Baldwin; town in Jackson County, Iowa, named for Judge Baldwin. 
Baldwin; city in Douglas County, Kansas, named for John Baldwin, of Berea, Ohio. 
Baldwin; town in Cumberland County, Maine, named for Loammi Baldwin, one 
of the proprietors. 
Baldwin; village in Lake County, Michigan, named for Governor Baldwin, of Mich- 
igan. 
Baldwin; town in Chemung County, New York, named from Baldwin Creek, which 
was named for Isaac, Walter, and Thomas Baldwin, early settlers at the mouth 
of the creek. 
Baldwin; village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, named for D. A. Baldwin, an early 
settler. 
Baldwinsville; village in Onondaga County, New York, named for Dr. Jonas C. 
Baldwin, its founder. 
Baldwyn; town in Lee County, Mississippi, named for a landowner. 
Balize; pilot town at the northeast pass at the mouth of the Mississippi in Plaque- 
mines Parish, Louisiana, the name of which comes from the French word balize, 
11 stake," " beacon," the most of the houses being built on piles. 
Ballard; county in Kentucky, named for Capt. Bland Ballard, an officer in the war 
of 1812. 
Ballena; village in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
" whale," and given the settlement because of a whale being stranded on the 
beach. 
Ballentine; post-office in Lexington County, South Carolina, named for a resident 
family. 
Ballston; town in Saratoga County, New York. 
Ballston Spa; village in Saratoga County, New York, named for Rev. Eliphalet 
Ball, an early settler. "Spa" was added in reference to the medicinal spi -inn-. 
from the celebrated watering place in Belgium. 
Baltimore; county and city in Maryland, and town in Windsor County, Vermont; 
named for Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, who settled the Maryland province 
in 1635. A Celtic word, meaning " large town." 
Bamberg; county, and town in same county, in South Carolina, named for a family 
prominent in the recent history of the State. 
