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 Armagh; borough and town in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, named from the Irish town.

Armonk; village in Westchester County, New York. An Indian word meaning "fishing place."

Armourdale; formerly a village, now a station in Kansas City, Kansas, named for the Armour brothers, bankers and pork packers.

Armstrong; county in Pennsylvania, named for Gen. John Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, who commanded the expedition against the Indians at Kittanning in 1756.

Armstrong; county in South Dakota, named for Moses K. Armstrong, Congressman and legislator, 1870.

Armstrong; county in Texas, named for a pioneer of the State.

Arnolds; creek in Ohio County, Indiana, named for Colonel Arnold, of the Revolutionary war.

Aromos; town in San Benito County, California. A Spanish word meaning "perfumes."

Aroostook; river and county in Maine. An Indian word meaning "good river," or "clear of obstruction."

Arrow; lake in Minnesota, so called from the name given by the early French explorers, lac aux fleche, "lake of the arrows."

Arrowhead; hot springs in southern California, named from a huge discoloration on the slopes of a mountain north of San Bernardino, which takes the form of an Indian arrowhead.

Arrow Rock; village in Saline County, Missouri, built upon a spot where the Indians formerly resorted for arrowheads, because of the suitability of the rock for that purpose.

Arrowsmith; town in McLean County, Illinois, named for Daniel Arrowsmith, its founder.

Arroyo; villages in Elk County, Pennsylvania, and Cameron County, Texas;

Arroyo Grande; town in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish word meaning "creek" or "rivulet," and "grande—large."

Arroyo Hondo; village in Taos County, New Mexico, which takes its name from a near-by creek. A Spanish name meaning "deep creek."

Arroyo Seco; village in Monterey County, California. From the Spanish meaning "dry creek."

Artesia; village in Los Angeles County, California, and town in Lowndes County, Mississippi, named from artesian wells.

Arthur; village in Moultrie County, Illinois, named for Arthur Hervey, brother of the founder.

Asbury Park; borough and city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, named for Francis Asbury, the pioneer bishop of Methodism in America. Several towns in the southern States bear his name.

Ascension; parish in Louisiana, named by the early French settlers from the festival of the Ascension.

Ascutney; mountain in Vermont. An Indian word meaning "fire mountain," from its having been burned over. It is also said to signify "three brothers," and is supposed to refer to three singular valleys which run down the western slope of the mountain.

Ascutneyville; village in Windsor County, Vermont, named from Ascutney Mountain.

Ashbee; harbor in Virginia, named for Solomon Ashbee.

Ashburnham; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for John, second earl of Ashburnham.

Ashbyburg; village in Hopkins County, Kentucky, named for Gen. Stephen Ashby.