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 Augusta; township and village in Hancock County, Illinois, named from the city in Georgia, the home of the first settlers.

Augusta; city in Butler County, Kansas, named for the wife of C. N. James, a trader.

Augusta; city in Kennebec County, Maine, and county in Virginia, named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales.

Auraria; town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, surrounded by a hilly country con- taining valuable gold mines. A Latin word, meaning "gold town."

Aurelius; town in Cayuga County, New York, named for the Roman emperor.

Aurora; city in Dearborn County, Indiana, named for the association which laid it out.

Aurora; township in Portage County, Ohio, named for the daughter of Amos Spafford, a surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company.

Aurora; county in South Dakota and in many other places, named from the Latin word, meaning " morning, 1 ' "dawn," "east."

Ausable; river, and town in Clinton County, New York. A French word, meaning "sandy," or "at the sand."

Austin; town in Lonoke County, Arkansas, and county and city in Travis County, Texas, named for Stephen Fuller Austin, the first man to establish a permanent American colony in Texas.

Austin; suburb of Chicago, Illinois, named for Henry VV. Austin, its founder.

Austin; city in Mower County, Minnesota, named for Horace Austin, governor in 1870-1874.

Austin; town in Tunica County, Mississippi, named for Colonel Austin* on whose plantation the town was built.

Austinburg; town in Ashtabula County, Ohio, named for Judge Austin, an early settler.

Autauga; county in Alabama;

Autaugaville; town in Autauga County, Alabama. From an Indian word said to mean "land of plenty."

Autryville; town in Sampson County, North Carolina, named for a member of the State legislature.

Auxvasse; village in Callaway County, Missouri, named from the French word iyuw, meaning "muddy."

Ava; town in Oneida County, New York, named from the city in Burma. Avalon; town in Livingston County, Missouri, named from the town in France. Several other places bear this name.

Avena; village in Inyo County, California. A Spanish word, meaning "oats." A venal; town in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish term, meaning "field sown with oats."

Avery; gores in Essex and Franklin counties, Vermont, named for the original grantee, Samuel Avery.

Averyville; village in Peoria County, Illinois, named from the Avery Manufactur- ing Company, whose plant is located in the village.

Avoca; town in Steuben County, New York, named by Sophia White, a resident, in allusion to Thomas Moore's poem, "Sweet Vale of Avoca."

Avon; village in Fulton County, Illinois, named from the village in New York.

Avon; village in Livingston County, New York, also many other places, named from the river in England, upon which Shakespeare's home was situated.

Avoyelles; parish in Louisiana, named from an Indian tribe.

Axtell; city in Marshall County, Kansas, named for Dr. Jesse Axtell, an officer of the St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway.

Ayer; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Dr. James C. Aver, who partially donated the town hall. Bull. 258—05——3