TOPONYMS SOLVED AS OF TODAY: 802 of 1,000
TOPONYMS SOLVED AS OF TODAY: 802 of 1,000
Some of the most important work Place Name Dude has accomplished is discovering and correcting erroneous history. From toponyms being assigned to wrong features, to toponyms being misspelled, to the stories behind toponyms being false, Place Name Dude is committed to high fidelity history.
Alec La Mountain Mountain is misspelled for eponym Alex Lamountain
Anthony Ponds were never visited by Theophilus Anthony and may be named for a colonel Anthony
Ash Craft Brook and Ash Craft Pond are probably misspellings of the name Ashcraft
Barn Rock is a corruption of Barren Rock
Belfry Mountain is misspelled for eponyms George Balfrey and Mary Hennesey Balfrey
Berrymill Brook, Berrymill Hill, and Berrymill Pond are misspelled for Berry Mill Company
Bull Rush Bay is a misspelling of bulrush
Cameras Pond is probably misspelled for likely eponym Giulio Camus
Cary Pond is a corruption of Carry Pond
Chateaugay River is not a translation of French terms meaning "hospitable house"
Craig Harbor is a corruption of Crag Harbor
Crane Mountain is not named after cranes or for surveyor Moses Crain
Esther Mountain is not named for Esther McComb
Goodnow Flow, Goodnow Mountain, Goodnow Pond, and Goodnow River are misspelled for eponyms Sylvester Goodenow and Abigail Goodenow
Grass River is not spelled Grasse, an earlier French name does not translate to Fertile River, and it's probably not named after its grassy banks
Hale Brook and Hale Hill are misspelled for the eponymous Halen family
Hazeltine Hill is misspelled for Samuel Haseltine, or perhaps Hesseltine
Kelley Brook is misspelled for possible eponyms Michael Kelly or Martin Kelly
Lindsey Brook is misspelled for the eponymous Lindsay family
Louis Clearing Bay is misspelled for eponym Robert Lewis
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain and Upper Wolfjaw Mountain were not named by state surveyor Verplanck Colvin
MacDonough Mountain has been assigned to the wrong mountain
Marble Mountain is probably misspelled for the eponymous Malbone family
McColloms Pond is misspelled for eponym Amiel McCollum
Meade Mountain and Meade Pond are misspelled for the eponymous Mead family
Mount Marcy was never named Tahawus and was nameless when first ascended in 1837
Mount Overrocker is misspelled for eponym Michael Overacker
Old Far Mountain is misspelled for eponym Randall Farr
Peavine Creek is a corruption of Pea Vine
Sanburn Hill is misspelled for eponym Joseph Sanborn
Sawteeth enjoyed a name of Resegone, yet that name does not translate to The Kings Great Saw since it's a replication of the Italian toponym Mount Resegone
Styles Brook is misspelled for eponym Silas Stiles
Van Dorrien Mountain is misspelled for eponym Sophus Von Dorrien
Wakely Brook, Wakely Dam, Wakely Mountain, and Wakely Pond are misspelled for eponym William Wakeley
Winch Pond is not named after that piece of hardware
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