REPORT OF BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 
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Mason; island and point of entrance to 
Mystic river, Conn. (Not Mason’s.) 
Mason; island at junction of Illinois and 
Mississippi rivers, Ill. (Not Mason’s.) 
Massaua; island and town thereon, Red 
sea. (Not Massowah nor Mussawwa.) 
Massenteean; see Little Nesenkeag. 
Mastic; see Forge. 
Matacul; see Maddaket. 
Matadequin; creek, Hanover county, 
Va. (Not Matade Queen.) 
Matakessett; see Mattakeset. 
Matamoras; see New Matamoras. 
Matamoros; town, near mouth of Rio 
Grande, state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. 
(Not Matamoras.) 
Matapan; cape, southernmost point of 
Greece. (NotTaenarum nor Tainaron.) 
Matawan; creek, point, and town, Mon¬ 
mouth county, N. J. (Not Mattawan, 
Matayan, nor Middletown.) 
Mateawan; see Matteawan. 
Mathews; county seat of Mathews coun¬ 
ty, Va. (Not Matthews.) 
Mathews; poiiit on Columbia river, 
Clarke county, Wash. (Not Mat¬ 
thew’s.) 
Mathews; township, Kingsbury county, 
N. Dak. (Not Matthews.) 
Matochkin; strait separating Nova Zem- 
bla into two parts, Arctic ocean. (Not 
Matthew.) 
Matomkin; see Metomkin. 
Mattabesset; river, Hartford and Mid¬ 
dlesex counties, Conn. (Not Little, 
Mattabeset, Mattabessett, norSebethe.) 
Mattakeset; bay, Marthas Vineyard, 
Mass. (Not Matakessett.) 
Mattapoisett; harbor and village, Buz¬ 
zards bay, Mass. (Not Mattapoiset.) 
Mattaponi; river in eastern Virginia. 
(Not Mattapony.) 
Matteawan; village, Dutchess county, 
N. Y. (Not Mateawan.) 
Matthew; see Matochkin. 
Mattituck; pond in Southold, Suffolk 
county, Long Island, N. Y. (Not 
Maratooker, Marratooka, nor Mame- 
weta.) 
Maugu; see Amur. 
Mauna Loa; volcano, Hawaii. (Not 
Mauna Roa.) 
Maupm; landing, Kanawha river, Mason 
county, W. Va. (Not Maupin’s.) 
MaurelVs; see Murrell. 
Mauritius; island, Indian ocean. (Not 
Isle of France.) 
Maury; island, Puget sound, Wash. 
(Not Maury’s.) 
Maxey; pond, Nantucket, Mass. (Not 
Maxcy.) 
Maxfield; point, Lake Memphremagog, 
Orleans county, Vt. (Not Maxfield’s.) 
Maxwell; see Glacier. 
Mayaguana; see Mariguana. 
Mayday; town and township, Riley 
county, Kans. (Not May Day.) 
Mayence; see Mainz. 
Mayesville; town and township, Sum¬ 
ter county, S. C. (Not Maysville.) 
Mayhew; village, Lowndes county; Miss. 
(Not Mayhew’s Station.) 
Maykiang; see Mekong. 
MaylorSpit; post light, Whidbey island, 
Island county, Wash. (NotMaylor’s.) 
Mayo; beach, Wellfleet harbor, Cape Cod 
bay, Mass. (Not Mayo’s.) 
Mays; gap in Grant county, W. Va. (Not 
Cosners.) 
Maysville; see Kaysville. 
Mazomanie; town and village, Dane 
county, Wis. (Not Mazo Manie.) 
Me-Kong; see Mekong. 
Meaco; see Kyoto. 
Mead; see Hardys. 
Meade; county seat of Meade county, 
Kans. (Not Meade Center City.) 
Meade; river, N. Alaska. (Not Cogtua 
nor Kol-u-gru’a.) 
Meadow; mountain, Warren town, Knox 
county, Maine. (Not Congress.) 
Meadow , Colo.; see Arena. 
Meadow, Maine; see New Meadow. 
Meadows; town, Prince Georges county, 
Md. (Not Centerville.) 
Means; see Hardys. 
Mecca; see Mekka. 
Mechanic Valley; town, Cecil county, 
Md. (Not Mechanics Valley.) 
*Mechanicville; village, Saratoga 
county, N. Y. (Not Mechanicsville.) 
Mechescatauxin; see Sleeper. 
Mechoacan; see Michoacan. 
Mechum; creek, Fluvanna and Albe¬ 
marle counties, Va. (Not Mechunk nor 
Merchant.) 
Mechumps; creek, Hanover county, Va. 
(Not Mechums nor Machump.) 
