California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names

Angeles appears Arroyo atlas sheet built Butte California called camp Cañada Canyon National Park City Coast Survey County Creek Shasta Death Valley diseño Dorado Farquhar Forest Frémont Fresno Geographic Board Geological Survey Gulch Hill Hist Humboldt Inyo Island Kern Kings Canyon Kings Canyon National known Kroeber Lake land grant Lassen Los Angeles Luiseño Meadow Mendocino mentioned mining Mission Modoc Mono Monterey Mount Mountain name was applied native Nevada office is listed office was established Pacific Railroad Survey Peak place names Plumas Point post office probably named railroad rancheria Rancho River Riverside Rock Sacramento Saint San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Fe Sequoia National Park settled settlement settler Shasta County shown Sierra Siskiyou Sonoma Southern Pacific Spanish Spanish word spelling Springs station was named Steger tion town Tulare Wheeler Survey Whitney Survey Wintu Yosemite National Park