38 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Bartholomew; county in Indiana, named for Gen. Joseph Bartholomew, United 
States Senator from that State. 
Bartlett; town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, named for Governor Josiah 
Bartlett, 1792-1794. 
Barton; county in Kansas, named for Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross Soci- 
ety in America. 
Barton; county in Missouri, named for David Barton, member of Congress from 
Missouri. 
Barton; town in Orleans County, Vermont, named for William Barton, a Revolu- 
tionary general and principal proprietor. 
Bartow; county, and town in Jefferson County, in Georgia, named for Gen. F. S. 
Bartow, killed at the battle of Manassas. 
Basalt; peak which gives name to a town in Eagle County, Colorado, named from 
the summit rock. 
Base Line; village in San Bernardino County, California, situated on the base line 
of the United States land surveys. 
Bashbish; stream and deep gorge in the Taghkanic Mountains, Berkshire County, 
Massachusetts, named for an Indian squaw, Bess, who lived near the source of 
the stream. 
Bashes Kil; creek in Orange County, New York, named for Bashe, an Indian 
woman. 
Basin; village in Kern County, California, so named because of the shape of the 
plain in which it is located. 
Baskahegan; river and lake in Maine. An Indian word meaning "branch stream 
which turns down." 
Baskingridge; village in Somerset County, New Jersey, where it is said animals 
resorted in chilly weather to bask in the.milder air. 
Basswood; island in Lake Superior, one of the Apostles, a translation of wigobi- 
miniss, the Indian name for the island. 
Bastrop; town in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, and county, and town in same 
county, in Texas, named for Baron de Bastrop, a Mexican, who was a commis- 
sioner of Texas to extend land titles, in 1823. 
Batata; village in Merced County, California. A Spanish word meaning "sweet 
potato." 
Batavia; village in Solano County, California, named from Batavia in Illinois. 
Batavia; township and city in Kane County, Illinois, named from the town in New 
York. 
Batavia; town in Genesee County, New York, named for the Batavian Republic, 
which name was applied to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795. 
Seven other places in the United States bear this name. 
Batchelders; grant in Oxford County, Maine, named for the original grantee, Josiah 
Batchelder. 
Bates; county in Missouri, named for Gov. Frederick Bates, who died in 1825 while 
in office. 
Batesburg; town in Lexington County, South Carolina, named for a family of that 
State. 
Batesville; city in Independence County, Arkansas, named for James Woodson 
Bates. 
Batesville; village in Noble County, Ohio, named for Rev. Timothy Bates, a Meth- 
odist preacher. 
Bath; county in Kentucky, village in Rensselaer County, New York, and county in 
Virginia, so named because of the medical springs. 
Bath; city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, and borough in Northampton County, 
Pennsylvania, named from the city in England. 
