Hi List, I have a book called "The Columbia Encyclopedia" last copywright 1938 this is the discription it gives for chalk. Chalk .. a calcium carbonate mineral, similar in composition to limestone, but softer. It is characteristically a marine formation, and sometimes occurs in great thickness; the chief constituents of these chalk deposits are the shells of minute foraminifera. Chalk has been laid down in all peroids of geologic time, but most of the best-known deposits: eg. the cliffs of the English Channel, (White Cliffs of Dover) date from the Cretaceous peroid. Chalk is used in the manufacture of putty, plaster, cement,quicklime, motar, and rubber goods,it is also used for crayons, though these are frequently made of other material. The harder forms are used as building stones. Soils containing an excessive proportion of clay are frequently dressed with chalk to lighten them and make them less sticky. Webster's New World Dictionary lists Level - a horizontal plane or line. - (among other things) I think the name Chalklevel could be from the cliffs with a level, or straight line of chalk. I don't think "Chalklevel"was a native american name, but that it was named by the English speaking people who settled this village. Peggy Gilkey \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************