Pickaninny Buttes

Pickaninny Buttes is a summit in San Bernardino County, California, in the United States. It has an elevation of 2,999 feet (914 m).^[1] The butte is composed of granite.^[2]

The name has attracted criticism from the media because it contains the ethnic slur pickaninny.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickaninny Buttes
↑ Jaeger, Edmund Carroll (1950). Our Desert Neighbors. Stanford University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8047-1097-8.
↑ Fonesca, Felicia; Cone, Tracie (February 26, 2012). "From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend". NBC News. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

Municipalities and communities of San Bernardino County, California, United States

County seat: San Bernardino

Cities and towns	Adelanto Apple Valley Barstow Big Bear Lake Chino Chino Hills Colton Fontana Grand Terrace Hesperia Highland Loma Linda Montclair Needles Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Redlands Rialto San Bernardino Twentynine Palms Upland Victorville Yucaipa Yucca Valley

CDPs	Baker Big Bear City Big River Bloomington Bluewater Crestline Fort Irwin Homestead Valley Joshua Tree Lake Arrowhead Lenwood Lucerne Valley Lytle Creek Mentone Morongo Valley Mountain View Acres Muscoy Oak Glen Oak Hills Phelan Piñon Hills Running Springs San Antonio Heights Searles Valley Silver Lakes Spring Valley Lake Wrightwood

Unincorporated communities	Afton Amboy Angelus Oaks Argus Arrowbear Lake Arrowhead Farms Baldy Mesa Bell Mountain Blue Jay Bryman Cadiz Cajon Junction Cedar Glen Cedarpines Park Cima Crafton Crest Park Cushenbury Daggett Danby Declezville Devore Earp El Mirage Essex Fawnskin Fenner Forest Falls Goffs Green Valley Lake Guasti Halloran Springs Havasu Lake Helendale Hinkley Hodge Ivanpah Johnson Valley Kramer Kramer Hills Kramer Junction La Delta Landers Ludlow Mojave Heights Mount Baldy Mountain Home Village Mountain Pass Newberry Springs Nipton Oro Grande Parker Dam Parker Junction Patton Pioneer Point Pioneertown Red Mountain Rimforest Skyforest Sugarloaf Sunfair Sunfair Heights Trona Twin Peaks Venus Vidal Vidal Junction Wild Crossing Yermo Zzyzx

Indian reservations	Chemehuevi Reservation Fort Mojave Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Agua Mansa Atolia Bagdad Barnwell Beal Belleville Calico Chambless Chimehuevis Landing Crucero Hart Ivanpah Kelso Lanfair Milligan Olive City Pasinogna Politana Prado Providence Ragtown Rice Rincon Seventeen Mile Point Siberia Silver Lake Vanderbilt

Coordinates: 34°27′48″N 116°53′00″W / 34.46333°N 116.88337°W / 34.46333; -116.88337

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