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 Alamo; post-office in Contra Costa County, California, and many other places, named from the old fort in Texas, which was so called from a grove of cottonwood trees. A Spanish word meaning "poplar" or "cotton wood."

Alaxnogordo; city in Otero County, New Mexico. A Spanish word meaning "large poplar" or "large cottonwood."

Alamoosook; pond in Hancock County, Maine, near Orland. An Indian word meaning "little dog place."

Alamosa; town in Conejos County and stream in Colorado. The stream was named by the early Spanish explorers, the town taking its name from the stream. A Spanish word, meaning "shaded with elms," though cottonwood is the actual growth.

Alaqua; river and town in Walton County, Florida. An Indian word meaning "sweet gum."

Alaska; Territory of the United States. Possibly from the Esquimaux word álakshak, peninsula.

Albany; township and village in Whiteside County, Illinois, county in Wyoming, and many other places, named from the city in New York.

Albany; county, and city in same county, in New York, named for the Duke of York, whose Scotch title was "Duke of Albany," afterwards James II of England.

Albemarle; town in Stanly County and sound in North Carolina, and county in Virginia, named for Gen. George Monk, Earl of Albemarle, one of the original proprietors.

Alberhill; railroad station and mine in Riverside County, California, named for the owners, Albera and Hill.

Albert Lea; lake in Freeborn County, Minnesota, named for Lieut. Albert M. Lea, who explored the "Blackhawk Purchase" and published an account of his explorations in 1836.

Albert Lea; city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, between two lakes, from one of which it derives its name.

Albertville; town in Marshall County, Alabama, named for the first settler.

Albina; village, now a part of Portland, Oregon, named for the wife of Judge Page, of Portland.

Albion; town in Kennebec County, Maine, and many other places named from the ancient name of England.

Albion Hills; village in Nevada County, California, the name being suggested by the white bluffs.

Albuquerque; city in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, named for the Spanish Duke of Albuquerque, who visited this spot in 1703-1710. From the Latin, quercus albus meaning "white oak."

Alburg; town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, named for Gen. Ira Allen, one of the original grantees.

Alcalde; town in Fresno County, California. A Spanish word, meaning "judge."

Alcatraz; island and post-office in San Francisco County, California. A Spanish word, meaning "pelican."

Alcona; county, and post-office in same county, in Michigan. An Indian form, manufactured by Schoolcraft, meaning "unknown."

Alcorn; county in Mississippi, named for James L. Alcorn, governor of the State in 1870-71.

Alden; town in Hardin County, Iowa, named for Henry Alden, who settled there in 1854.

Alden; town in Erie County, New York, named by one of its citizens for his wife's mother.

Alderson; town in Monroe County, West Virginia, named for Rev. John Alderson, pioneer settler