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 Baker; mount in Washington, named by the explorer, Vancouver, for a lieutenant in his party.

Bakers; river in Grafton County, New Hampshire, named for Captain Baker, a soldier of the Indian wars.

Bakersfield; city in Kern County, California, named for Col. Thomas Baker.

Bakersfield; town in Franklin County, Vermont, named for Joseph Baker, who owned the land in 1789.

Bakers Mills; village in Warren County, New York, named for the owner.

Bakersville; town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, named for a prominent resident

Bakersville; town in Coshocton County, Ohio, named for John Baker, who laid it out in 1848.

Baku; village in Sonoma County, California, situated in the petroleum district, and named from the oil fields of Baku, in Russia.

Bald Eagle; village in Nevada County, California, named from the eagles in the sierras in the vicinity.

Bald Eagle; valley, creek, and village in York County, Pennsylvania, named for the noted Seneca chief, Bald Eagle.

Baldwin; county in Alabama, and county, and town in Habersham County, in Georgia, named for Abraham Baldwin, United States Senator from Georgia.

Baldwin; town in Jackson County, Iowa, named for Judge Baldwin.

Baldwin; city in Douglas County, Kansas, named for John Baldwin, of Berea, Ohio.

Baldwin; town in Cumberland County, Maine, named for Loammi Baldwin, one of the proprietors.

Baldwin; village in Lake County, Michigan, named for Governor Baldwin, of Michigan.

Baldwin; town in Chemung County, New York, named from Baldwin Creek, which was named for Isaac, Walter, and Thomas Baldwin, early settlers at the mouth of the creek.

Baldwin; village in St Croix County, Wisconsin, named for D. A. Baldwin, an early settler.

Baldwinsville; village in Onondaga County, New York, named for Dr. Jonas C. Baldwin, its founder.

Baldwyn; town in Lee County, Mississippi, named for a land owner.

Balize; pilot town at the northeast pass at the mouth of the Mississippi in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, the name of which comes from the French word balize, "stake, " "beacon" the most of the houses being built on piles.

Ballard; county in Kentucky, named for Capt. Bland Ballard, an officer in the war of 1812.

Ballena; village in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning "whale," 1 and given the settlement because of a whale being stranded on the beach.

Ballentine; post-office in Lexington County, South Carolina, named for a resident family.

Ballston; town in Saratoga County, New York.

Ballston Spa; village in Saratoga County, New York, named for Rev. Eliphalet Ball, an early settler. "Spa" was added in reference to the medicinal springs, from the celebrated watering place in Belgium.

Baltimore; county and city in Maryland, and town in Windsor County, Vermont; named for Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, who settled the Maryland province in 1635. A Celtic word, meaning " large town."

Bamberg; county, and town in same county, in South Carolina, named for a family prominent in the recent history of the State.