spelling) Biltmore Forest, North Carolina – George Washington Vanderbilt II Bingham, Maine – William Bingham (landowner) Binghamton, New York – William Bingham Birchville, California – L. Birch Adsit Birdsall, New York – John Birdsall (judge) Birdsboro, Pennsylvania – William Bird (landowner) Bishop, California – Samuel Addison Bishop (settler) (indirectly, via Bishop Creek) Bismarck, Missouri and Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck Blacksburg, Virginia – William Black (landowner) Blackstone, Massachusetts – Rev. William Blaxton (settler) (spelling variant) Blackwells Corner, California – George Blackwell (merchant) Bladenboro, North Carolina – Martin Bladen Blaine, Maine – James G. Blaine Blair, Nebraska – John Insley Blair (official of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad) Blairsden, California – James A. Blair (financier of the Western Pacific Railroad) Blairstown, Iowa and Blairstown, New Jersey – John Insley Blair (railroad magnate and one of the 19th century's wealthiest men) Blairsville, Pennsylvania – John Blair (resident) Blakely, Georgia – Captain Johnston Blakeley, U.S. Navy Blanchard, California – Rosie M. Blanchard (first postmaster) Blanchard, Maine – Charles Blanchard (landowner) Blanco, Monterey County, California – Tom White (settler); "Blanco" is "White" in Spanish Blandford, Massachusetts – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (also held the title Marquess of Blandford) Blandville, Kentucky – Capt. Bland Ballard Bleecker, New York – Rutger Jansen Bleecker (landowner) Blissfield, Michigan – Henry Bliss (landowner) Blocksburg, California – Benjamin Blockburger (merchant and founder) Bloomfield, New Jersey – Governor Joseph Bloomfield Blossburg, Pennsylvania – Aaron Bloss (settler) Blountsville, Indiana – Andrew Blount (founder) Blythe, California – Thomas Henry Blythe; San Francisco capitalist Boardman, Ohio – Frederick Boardman (landowner) Bodfish, California – George H. Bodfish (early settler) Bodie, California – W.S. Bodey (prospector) Boerne, Texas – Louis Boerne (German writer) Bolivar, 4 places in Missouri, Mississippi, New York, and Tennessee – Simón Bolivar Bolton, Massachusetts – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton Bonaparte, Iowa – Napoleon Bonaparte Bonds Corner, California – Dr. J.L. Bond (homesteader) Bondurant, Iowa – A.C. Bondurant Bonham, Texas – Col. J.B. Bonham Bonner Springs, Kansas – Robert E. Bonner (editor of the New York Ledger) Bonneville, Oregon – Benjamin Bonneville (explorer) Booge, South Dakota – C.A. Booge Boone, North Carolina, Boone Station, Kentucky, and Boonville, North Carolina – Daniel Boone Boonville, California – W.W. Boone (merchant) Boonton, New Jersey – Thomas Boone (colonial governor) Boonville, New York – Gerrit Boon (land agent) Borden, California – Dr. James Borden (civic leader) Borden, Texas – Gail