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 Atkinson; township and town in Holt County, Nebraska, named for Col. John Atkinson, of Detroit, Michigan.

Atkinson; town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, named for Theodore Atkinson, a large landholder.

Atkinsonville; village in Owen County, Indiana, named for Stephen Atkinson.

Atlanta; township and city in Logan County, Illinois, named from the city in Georgia.

Atlanta; city in Fulton County, Georgia, so named to designate its relationship to the Atlantic Ocean, by means of a railway running to the coast.

Atlantic; ocean, named from the Greek word, meaning "the sea beyond Mount Atlas."

Atlantic; county in New Jersey;

Atlantic City; city in Atlantic County, New Jersey; named from the ocean.

Atlantic; creek in Yellowstone Park, named because it flows from Two-Ocean Pass down the slope toward the Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantic Highlands; borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, so named from its situation, which overlooks the ocean.

Atoka; town in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. An Indian word, meaning "in another place," or "to another place."

Attala; county in Mississippi;

Attalaville; village in Attala county. Named for Atala the heroine of an Indian romance, by Chateaubriand.

Attapulgus; village in Decatur County, Georgia. An Indian word, meaning "boring holes into wood to make a fire."

Attica; city in Fountain County, Indiana; village in Wyoming County, New York, and many other places, named from the ancient division in Greece.

Attitah; peak of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. An Indian word, meaning "blueberries."

Attleboro; town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, named from the town in England.

Atwater; village in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, probably named for Isaac Atwater, early settler of St. Paul.

Atwater; town in Portage County, Ohio, named for Capt. Caleb Atwater, an early surveyor in the Western Reserve.

Atwood; village in Piatt County, Illinois, named from its location at the edge of the woods

Atwood; city in Rawlins County, Kansas, named for Attwood Matheny, a son of the founder, J. M. Matheny.

Aubrey; valley in Arizona, named for an army officer.

Auburn; city in Placer County, California, named by settlers from the city in New York.

Auburn; city in Cayuga County, New York; and many other places;

Auburndale; village in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Named with reference to Auburn in Goldsmith's poem, "The Deserted Village."

Audrain; county in Missouri, named for Col. James K. Audrain, who died while serving as member of the Missouri legislature, 1832.

Audubon; mount in Colorado, county in Iowa, and village in Becker County, Minnesota, named for the celebrated ornithologist, John James Audubon. Many other places bear his name.

Aughwick; tributary of the Juniata River, Pennsylvania. An Indian word, meaning "overgrown with brush."

Auglaize; river in Missouri, and river and county in Ohio. A French phrase, meaning "at the clay" or "at the loam," used descriptively.

Augusta; city in Richmond County, Georgia, settled during the reign of King George II of England, and named for the royal princess Augusta.