48 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Blackhawk; county, and village in Davis County, in Iowa, named for a noted chief 
of the Sac and Fox Indians. 
Blackhawk; town in Carroll County, Mississippi, named for a Choctaw Indian chief. 
Black Hills; mountain range in South Dakota, called by the early French traders 
cole noire, "black hills," from the character of the timber which grows on them, 
giving a dark appearance. 
Blackiston; village in Kent County, Delaware, named for one of the original pro- 
prietors of large tracts of land in the county. 
Blacklick; creek in Pennsylvania, called by the Indians naeskahoni, "lick of 
blackish color." 
Blackmore; mount in Montana, named for the English ethnologist, William Black- 
more, of London. 
Black Mountain; town in San Diego County, California, named from the black 
volcanic rocks. 
Black Mountain; range in North Carolina, so named from the dark-green foliage of 
the balsam fir which covers the top and sides. 
Black Mountain; town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, named from the 
mountain towering above it. 
Black River; village in Jefferson County, New York, named from a river the waters 
of which are the color of sherry. 
Black River Falls; city in Jackson County, Wisconsin, named from the falls of 
Black River, near which it is situated. 
Blacksburg; town in Cherokee County, South Carolina, named for a prominent 
family in the neighborhood. 
Blackstone; village in Livingston County, Illinois, named for Timothy B. Black- 
stone, a prominent railroad official. 
Blackstone; river, and town in Worcester County, in Massachusetts, named for 
William Blackstone, the first settler in Boston. 
Black Warrior; river in Alabama, a translation of the Choctaw Indian word 
tuscaloosa. 
Blackwells; island in East River, New York, named for the Black well family, who 
owned it for one hundred years. 
(Bladen; county in North Carolina; 
jBladenboro; town in Bladen County. Named for Martin Bladen, one of the lord 
commissioners of trades and plantations. 
Bladensburg; town in Prince George County, Maryland, named for Gov. Thomas 
Bladen. 
Blain; borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, named for James Blain, the war- 
rantee of the land upon which it was built. 
Blaine; mountain in Colorado, county in Idaho, town in Aroostook County, Maine, 
counties in Nebraska and Oklahoma, and many other places, named for James 
G. Blaine. 
Blair; county in Pennsylvania, named for John Blair. 
Blair; city in Washington County, Nebraska; 
Blairstown; town in Benton County, Iowa; 
Blairstown; towns in Henry County, Missouri, and Warren County, New Jersey. 
Named for John I. Blair, of New Jersey. 
Blairsville; borough and town in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, named for John 
Blair, a prominent resident of Blairs Gap. 
Blakely; town in Early County, Georgia, named for Captain Blakely, naval officer. 
Blakiston; island in the Potomac River, named for Nehemiah Blakiston, collector 
of customs. 
Blalock; village in Gilliam County, Oregon, named for Dr. Blalock, an early settler. 
