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Billerica: town in Middles County, I from the town in Es 
England. 
Billings: city in Yellov - mty, Montana, named for Parmley Billing 
lent of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Billings: connty in North Dakota, named for Frederick Billings, at one time | 
• of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Billingsport: town in Gloucester County, N ■.-. named for an English mer- 
iward I>yllin<r. 
Billington Sea: pond m Plymouth, Massachusetts, named for th< rer, Billing- 
ton, one of the May) . vho reported it as an inland -• 
Bill Williams: mountain in Arizona, named for a guide and trapper. 
Biloxi: bay, and city in Harrison County, in Mississippi. An Indian tribe of this 
- inhabited this part of the country. The name is of Choctaw origin, vari- 
- y rendered as referring to "worthless" or "terrapin." 
Biltmore: town in Bunc . . •• I -mty. North Carolina, named by George Vander- 
bilt from the last part of his name, with the Gaelic mor, "great." 
Bingham: county in Idaho, named by Governor Bunn for his friend -man 
Bingham, of Pennsylvania. 
Bingham: town in S ael County. Maine, named for William Bingham, a large 
er in early days. 
Binghamton: city in Broome County, New York, named for William Bingham, of 
adelphia, a benefactor of the town. 
Birch n post-on. - - - any natural features, bear this name, either 
alone or with suffixes, generally indicating the pres 
Bird: city in Ch - - named for its founder, Benjamin Bird. 
Birdsall: town in Allegany County. New York, named for Judge John Birdsall. 
Birdsboro trough in B< — ' ' - inia, named for William Bird, who 
in 1740 bought the tract on which the town now stan 
Birmingham: twelve places in the country, named from the manufacturing town in 
E i . g 
Bismarck: cities in St. i -:. - I I Miss ori, and Burleigh County, North 
Dakota, and many other places, named for Prince Otto von Bismarck of Germany. 
Bison: | eaks in Colorado and Yellowstone Park, named for their shape. 
Bittervrater. town in San Benito ( ml California, named from the bitter mineral 
. - in the vicinity. 
Bitterwater: branch of Grand River. Utah, so named from the character ol 
water. 
Bituma: village in Ventura County, California, named from the asphalt beds in the 
j.borhood. 
Blackbird: town in Holt County, Nebraska, named for the great warrior and chief 
of the Omaha Indians. Washingasahba, i "blackbird." 
Black Butte: village in Siskiyou County. California, named from an extinct vol- 
:. -. 
Black Creek: town in Wilson bounty. North Carolina, named froma creek of dark 
I 
Black Diamond: town in Contra I si I anty, California, so named from its coal 
mir 
Blackfoot; : eak, and village in Bingham County, in Idaho, named from the Black- 
* Indian tribe. 
Blackford anty, and village in Jaspar County, Indiana, named \ Hack- 
ford, _ . - ;rt of Indiana. 
Blackhawk: t< n in I ril] in C - ml I 
