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 Amherst; towns in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, and county in Virginia, named for Lord Amherst.

Amicalola; town in Dawson County, Georgia. A Cherokee Indian word, meaning "tumbling water" or "rolling water."

Amite; town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and county in Mississippi, named from the river.

Amite; river in Mississippi and Louisiana. Corrupted from the French amiliS, meaning "friendship," so called by the early settlers from the friendly reception given them by the Indians.

Amity; town in Yamhill County, Oregon, so named as a result of the settlement of a neighborhood contention regarding the location of a school house in 1849. The schoolhouse was named first and later the town.

Ammonoosuc; river in New Hampshire. An Indian word, interpreted by some to mean "stony fish place;" by others, "fish story river."

Amo; towns in El Paso County, Colorado, Hendricks County, Indiana, and Cottonwood County, Minnesota. An Indian word, meaning "bee."

Amphitheater; creek in Yellowstone Park, named by the United States Geological Survey, from the form of a valley near its mouth.

Amsterdam; city in Montgomery County, New York, named by Emanuel E. De Graff, an early settler, from Amsterdam, Holland. Several places in the United States are named from the city in New York.

Anaconda; township and city in Deerlodge County, Montana, named for the Anaconda Company.

Anacostia; village in the District of Columbia, named from an Indian tribe, from Anaco8tan, Latinized form of Nacochtank, a former Indian settlement of the vicinity.

Anada; town in Trinity County, California. From the Spanish, meaning "to nothing," signifying "down to bed-rock."

Anaheim; township and town in Orange County California. Named for Anna Fischer, the first child born in the settlement, and heim, the German word for "home."

Anamosa; city in Jones County, Iowa. A corruption of the name of a Sauk Indian woman distinguished in the Black Hawk war, and refers to a litter of puppies or young foxes with eyes not yet open.

Anastasia; island off the coast of Florida, named by the early Spanish explorers St. Anastasia, for a saint of the Catholic Church.

Ancona; town in Livingston County, Illinois, named from the city in Italy.

Andalusia; town in Covington County, Alabama, and villages in Randolph County, Georgia, Rock Island County, Illinois, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, named from the ancient division of Spain.

Anderson; village in Mendocino County, California, named by settlers from Anderson County in Kentucky.

Anderson; city in Madison County, Indiana. The name is the English translation of a Delaware Indian chief.

Anderson; county in Kansas, named for Joseph C. Anderson, member of the first Territorial legislature of Kansas.

Anderson; county in Kentucky, named for Richard C. Anderson, a former member of Congress.

Anderson; county, and city in same county, in South Carolina, named for Col. Robert Anderson, Revolutionary soldier.

Anderson; county in Tennessee, named for Joseph Anderson, Comptroller of the United States Treasury under President James Madison.

Anderson; county in Texas, named for Kenneth L. Anderson, vice-president of the Republic of Texas.