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 Beckwith; butte and town in Plumas County, California, and mountain in Colorado, named for Lieutenant Beckwith, of the Pacific Railroad Exploring Expedition.

Bedford; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Wriothesley Russell, Duke of Bedford.

Bedford; town in Westchester County, New York, named for Bedfordshire, England.

Bedford; county, and borough in same county, in Pennsylvania, said by some to be named from the county in England; by others it is thought that the name was given in honor of the Dukes of Bedford.

Bedford; county, and village in same county, in Tennessee, named for Thomas Bedford.

Bedloe; island in New York Harbor, named for Isaac Bedlow, its first proprietor.

Bee; county in Texas, named for Bernard E. Bee, minister to Mexico in 1830.

Beebe; town in White County, Arkansas, said to have been named for Roswell Beebe, an early settler.

Beech; there are six post-offices named Beech in the country and thirty-six with various suffixes, the name being applied because of the widespread occurrence of this tree.

Beech Creek; creek and borough in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. A translation of the Indian name schauweminnch-hanna.

Beecher City; village in Effingham County, Illinois, named for Charles A. Beecher, a railway solicitor.

Beechy; cape in Alaska, named for Capt. F. W. Beechy, the navigator.

Beekman; village in Dutchess County, New York, named for Henry Beekman, who owned a grant there in 1703.

Beekmanton; town in Clinton County, New York, named for William Beekman, one of the original grantees.

Bekuennesee; rapids in the Menominee River, Wisconsin. An Indian word, meaning "smoky falls."

Belair; post villages in Richmond County, Georgia, and Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, town in Harford County, Maryland, and village in Lancaster County, South Carolina. A French phrase, meaning "good air."

Belchertown; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, named for Jonathan Belcher, one of the original grantees and one time governor of Massachusetts.

Belen; town in Quitman County, Mississippi, named from the battle ground upon which Col. John A. Quitman fought during the Mexican war.

Belew; town in Jefferson County, Missouri, named for Silas Belew, who owned property in the vicinity.

Belfast; city in Waldo County, Maine, named by James Miller, an early settler, from his native city in Ireland. Numerous other places in the country bear this name.

Belknap; township and village in Johnson County, Illinois, named for a prominent railroad man.

Belknap; county in New Hampshire. The origin of this name is in doubt, but by some the county is thought to have been named for Jeremy Belknap, who wrote a history of the State.

Belknap; mount in Utah, named for William Worth Belknap, secretary of war under President Grant.

Bell; county in Kentucky, named for Josh Bell.

Bell; county in Texas, named for P. H. Bell, governor of the State in 1849-1857.

Bellaire; city in Belmont County, Ohio, named for the town of Belair in Maryland.