Etymology

Helendale

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Today it means: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, United States. Full definition →

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The story

From Helen + dale. Originally named Point of Rocks, renamed Helen in 1897, after the daughter of a railroad official, and again to Helendale in 1918.

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