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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI like to consult one of my favorite sources at times like these, the United States Geological Survey\u2019s U.S. Board on Geographic Names database<\/a>. If an Oregonian Potomac exists as a geographic feature recognized by the U.S. Government, it will appear there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s not to say that truly everything appears in that source. Potomac might be a colloquial term used within a small area of Oregon and not appear anywhere within the database. However, if that were the case then I don’t think it would be common enough to attract a steady stream of visitors to the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First I searched on Potomac as the “feature name” and Stream as the “feature class,” for an area covering the entire United States. I don’t generally consider the Potomac as a mere stream but the database defines a stream as a “Linear body of water flowing on the Earth’s surface (anabranch, awawa, bayou, branch, brook, creek, distributary, fork, kill, pup, rio, river, run, slough)<\/em>“. So it’s appropriate for this purpose. What is an awawa, by the way? I guess it must be some type of Hawaiian geographic feature? — the things I learn as I write these articles continually amaze me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately the farthest west any stream called Potomac appeared was in Henry County, Iowa. That is an area southwest of Davenport: 41.036\u00b0 N, 91.56\u00b0 W<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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