Lippincott's pronouncing gazetteer. A complete pronouncing gezetteer, or geographical dictionary, of the world. Containing a notice and the pronunciation of the names of nearly one hundred thousand places. With the most recent and authentic information respecting ... every portion of the globe ... Edited by J. Thomas, and T. Baldwin, assisted by several other gentlemen.

BLO BLU BLOUNTSVILLE, a post-village, capital of Sullivan co., hy convict labor, across the mountaifis northward, in some Tennessee, a few miles N.W. of the iolston River, and places reaches to 3400 feet. in height above the sea. about 100 miles N.E. of Knoxville. BLUE PITS, England, co. of Lancaster, a station on the BLOUNTSVILLE, a post-village of Delaware co., Indiana, Leeds and Manchester Railway, 2 miles S. of Rochdale. 24 miles N.W. of Centreville. BLUE PLUM, a post-office of Washington co., Tennessee. BLOWING CAVE, a post-office of Decatur co., Georgia. BLUE POND, a post-office of Cherokee co., Alabama. BLOXIHAM, a parish of England, co. of Oxford. BLUE RIDGE, the most easterly ridge of the Alleghany BLOXI/HOLME, a parish of England, co. of Lincoln. Mountains, extending in an almost continuous chain from BLOX/WORTH a parish of England, co. of Dorset. West Point, in New York, through Pennsylvania, Virginia, BLUDENZ, bloo/dtnts, a town of the Tyrol, circle of Vo- North Carolina, Georgia, to the N. part of Alabama. This rarlberg, with a castle of the same name, on the right bank range, after passing through the north-western counties of of the Ille, 12 miles S.E. of Feldkirch. Pop. 1865. New Jersey, is traversed by the Delaware immediately beBLUDOWITZ, MITTER, mit/ter blooedo-fits', (i. e. " mid- low the influx of the Lehigh, and again by the Schuylkill die Bludowitz,") a village of Austrian Silesia, circle and 10 at Reading. It runs in a south-westerly course, nearly miles W. of Teschen, contiguous to the above. parallel to the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania, between BLUDOWITZ, NIEDER, neetder blooldo-fits', (i. e.-"lower Lancaster and Lebanon, York and Cumberland, Franklin Bludowitz,") a village of Austrian Silesia, circle and 10 miles and Adams counties, to the Maryland line. In PennsylW. of Teschen, contiguous to the above. vania it is termed the South Mountain. Crossing the PoBLUDOWITZ, OBER, 6/her blooldo-fits', (i. e. "upper tomac at Harper's Ferry, in Virginia, it first takes the name Bludowitz,") a village of Austrian Silesia, circle and 10 of Blue Ridge. It forms the dividing line between Eastern miles W. of Teschen, contiguous to the above. and Western Virginia. A large portion of the streams of BLUE BALL, a village of MIonmouth co., New Jersey, 3 Eastern Virginia have their sources on the south-easterin or 4 miles S. of Freehold, has 2 churches, and about 25 slope of this range. The Roanoke and James River alone dwellings. take their rise considerably farther inland, breaking through BLUE BALL, a small post-village of Lancaster co., Penn- the Blue Ridge, in order to convey their waters to the dissylvania. tant sea. This mountain range advancing south, passes BLUE BALL, a post-office of Cecil co., Maryland. near the western limit of North Carolina, grazes the N.W. BLUE BALL, a post-office of Butler co., Ohio. extremity of South Carolina, intersects the N.W. part of BLUE BAYOU, of Louisiana, flows S.E. on the boundary Georgia, and is finally lost in Alabama.. Mount Mitchell, between Terre Bonne and La Fourche Interior parishes, and 6470 feet high, in North Carolina, is the most elevated sumenters the Gulf of Mexico. It traverses a flat, swampy dis- mit of this range, and of the whole Appalachian system. trict, in which there is but little arable land. The Otter peaks, in Bedford county, Virginia, the next BLUE BELL, a post-village of Montgomery co., Penn- highest portion of the Blue Ridge, are 4200 feet high. sylvania. BLUE RIDGE, a post-office of Botetourt co., Virginia. BLUE CREEK, of Ohio, enters the Auglaize River in BLUE RIDGE, a post-office of Yancey co., North Carolina. Paulding co. BLUE RIDGE, a post-office of Gilmer co., Georgia. BLUE CREEK, a post-office of HIabersham co., Georgia. BLUE RIDGE, a post-office of Shelby co., Indiana. BLUE CREEK, a post-office of Pike co., Alabama. BLUE RIVER, of Africa. See NILE. - BLUE CREEK, a post-office of Adams co., Ohio. BLUE RIVER, of Indiana, rises in HIenry co., in the E. BLUE CREEK, a post-office of Franklin co., Indiana, 6 part of the state, and flows in a S.W. direction to the mouth miles S. by W. of Brookville. of Sugar Creek, in Johnson co.; after which it takes the BLUE CREEK, a township in Adams co., Indiana. P. 425. name of Driftwood Fork, or East Fork of White River. It BLUE EARTH, a large county in the S.W. part of Min- is from 30 to 60 yards wide above Sugar Creek, and affords nesota, bordering on Iowa, bounded on the N.E. by the excellent water-power. The chief towns on its banks are Minnesota River, and on the W. by the Missouri. It is in- Newcastle and Shelbyville. tersected by the Rivi6re h Sacques, the Sioux, and the Man- BLUE RIVER, in the S. part of Indiana, is a fine mill kate or Blue Earth Rivers. This county is not included in stream, which rises in Washington co., and flowing souththe census of 1850. Capital, Mankato. westerly Sllls into the Ohio at Leavenworth. BLUE EARTH RIVER, Minnesota. See MANKATO. BLUE RIVER, a small stream of Whitley co., Indiana, BLUE EYE, a post-office of Benton co., Alabama. flows into Eel River, 2 miles below Colhubia. BLUE/FIELDS or BLEWIFIELDS, a river and town of BLUE RIVER, a small stream of Grant co., Wisconsiu, the Mosquito Territory, Central America, the river entering flows into the Wisconsin River. an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, in lat. 120 N., lon. 830 W., af- BLUE RIVER, a township in Harrison co., Indiana. ter an eastward course of several hundred miles, for the BLUE RIVER, a township inJohnson co., Indiana. P. 964. last 80 miles of which it is navigable. At its mouth is the BLUE RIVER, a small village of Iowa co., Wisconsin. town on a commanding height, with a good harbor, and the BLUE ROCK, a post-office of Chester co., Pennsylvania. modern residence of the king of the Mosquito country. BLUE ROCK, a post-township in Muskingum co., Ohio, BLUE GRASS, a post-office of Vermillion co., Illinois. about 15 miles S.S.E. of Zanesville. Pop. 1476. BLUE GRASS, a post-office of Fulton co., Indiana. BLUE'S POINT, a post-office of Crittenden co., Arkansas. BLUE GRASS, a post-village of Scott co., Iowa, 45 miles E. BLUE SPRING, a post-office of Smyth co., Virginia. by S. of Iowa City. BLUE SPRING, a post-office of Morgan co., Alabama. BLUE HILL, a post-township ofilancock co., Maine, on an BLUE SPRING, a village of Baker co., Georgia, 20 miles arm of Frenchman's Bay, about 80 miles E. of Augusta, has N.E. of Newton. an academy, and considerable ship building. Pop. 1939. BLUE SPRING, a post-office of Stewart co., Tennessee. BLUE HILL, a post-office of Williamson co.,'rexas. BLUE SPRING GROVE, a post-office of Barren co., KenBLUE HILL FALLS, a post-office of Hancock co., Maine. tucky. BLUE HILLS, a ridge in New Hampshihe, of which Sad- BLUE SPRINGS, a post-village of Jackson co., Missouri, dleback Mountain is the principal peak. 9 miles S.E. of Independence. BLUE HOUSE, a post-office of Colleton district, South BLUE-STACK MOUNTAIN, Ireland, Ulster, co. of DoneCarolina. gal, near Glenties, has an elevation 2213 feet. BLUE LICK, a post-office of Franklin co., Alabama. BLUESTONE, a small river in the S.WV. part of Virginia, BLUE LICK, a post-office of Clark co., Indiana, 9 miles rises in Tazewell co., flows north-eastward through MIercer W.N.W. of Charleston. co., and falls into the New River, 5 miles above the mouth BLUE LICK SPRINGS, a village and watering place of of the Greenbrier. Nicholas co., Kentucky, 70 miles N.E. of Frankfort. Its BLUE STONE, a post-office of Tazewell co., Virginia. mineral waters are in high repute, and are extensively ex- BLUE SULPHUR SPRINGS, a post-office of Greenbrier ported to different parts of the United States. co., Virginia. BLUE MOUND, a post-township in Dane co., Wisconsin, BLUE WING, a post-office of Grafville co., North Carolina. about 22 miles S.W. of Madison. Pop. 334. BLUFF, a village of Holt co., Missouri, about 90 miles BLUE MOUND, a small village of Iowa co., Wisconsin. N.W. of Independence. BLUE MOUNTAIN, a township in Izard co., Arkansas. BLUFF, a post-office of Sank co., Wisconsin. Pop. 334. BLUFF CREEK, a post-office of Mahaska, co., Iowa. BLUE MOUNTAINS, of Pennsylvania. See KITTATINYr. BLUFFIDALE, a post-village of Greene co., Illinois, 65 BLUE MOUNTAINS, of Oregon, a range extending from miles W.S.W. of Springfield. about 460 N. lat., southward to the limits of Utah Territory. BLUFFDALE, a small post-village of Des Moines co., Iowa. It is about 200 miles E. of the Coast Range, with which it BLUFF POINT, a post-office of Yates co., New York. is nearly parallel. BLUFF POINT, a post-office of Jay co., Indiana. BLUE MOUNTAINS, a range in the eastern portion of BLUFF PORT, a post-office of Sumter co., Alabama. the island of Jamaica. The principal ridge extends from E. BLUFF/PORT, a village of Howard co., Missouri, on the to W., and varies in height from 5000 to above 6000 feet. left bank of the Missouri River. BLUE MOUNTAINS, a range in Eastern Australia, New BLUFF SPRING, a,post-village of Talbot co., Georgia, South Wales, counties of Cork and Westmoreland, between about 30 miles N.E. of Columbus City.. lat. 330 and 340 S., and ion. 1500 and 1510 E., and in which BLUFF SPRING, a post-office of Talladega co., Alabama. originates several of the rivers flowing into Broken Bay, as BLUFF SPRING, a post-village of Attala co., Mississippi well as some affluents of Macquarrie River. A road made BLUFF SPRING, a post-office of Johnson co., Missouri. 237

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Lippincott's pronouncing gazetteer. A complete pronouncing gezetteer, or geographical dictionary, of the world. Containing a notice and the pronunciation of the names of nearly one hundred thousand places. With the most recent and authentic information respecting ... every portion of the globe ... Edited by J. Thomas, and T. Baldwin, assisted by several other gentlemen.
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