gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. L95 
(McMinn; county in Tennessee; 
McMinnville ; town in Warren County, Tennessee. Named for Gen. Joseph 
McMinn, an early governor. 
McMullen; county in Texas, named for John McMullen, a colonizer of western 
Texas. 
McNairy; county in Tennessee, named for Judge John McNairy. 
McNeils; island in Washington, named for the captain of a steamer of the 1 1 u< ls< m 
Bay Company. 
McPherson; county, and town in samecounty, in Kansas, and counties in Nebraska 
and South Dakota, named for Maj. Gen. .lames B. McPherson. 
Mabbettsville; village in Dutchess County, New York, named for James Mabbett, 
the former proprietor. 
Macedon; town in Wayne County, New York; 
Macedonia; village in Hamilton County, Illinois, township and town in Pottawat- 
tamie County, Iowa, and nine other places. The name is transferred from the 
ancient Macedonia of the Greeks. 
Machado; town in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"hatchet," 
Machhanna; the largest of the three streams which, united, form the Lehigh River. 
A Delaware Indian word meaning "the largest stream." 
(Machias; river and town in Washington County, Maine; 
Machiasport; town in Washington County, Maine. From the Indian wok I 
V machisses, "bad small falls." 
Machigamic; river in northern Wisconsin, so called because it Hows from the lake 
bearing the Indian name, mitcMgamic, meaning "large lake." 
Macintire; mountain in the Adirondacks, named for an iron speculator of the region. 
Mackinac; county, and town in same county, in Michigan. I >erived from the Ojibwa 
Indian word michilimackmac, meaning "island of the great turtle," or in other 
dialects, "island of the giant fairies." 
Mackinaw; township and town in Tazewell County, Illinois. An Indian word 
meaning "turtle." See Mackinac 
Macksville; city in Stafford County, Kansas, named for George Mack, the first 
postmaster in the county. 
Maclenny; town in Baker County, Florida, named for II. C. MacClenny, its founder. 
Macomb; township and city in McDonough County, Illinois, county in Michigan, 
and town in St, Lawrence County, New York, named for Gen. Alexander 
Macomb of the War of 1812. 
Macon; county in Alabama; county, and city in Bibb County, in Georgia; county, 
and village in same county, in Illinois; city in Noxubee County, Mississippi; 
county, and city in same county, in Missouri; county, and city in Warren 
County, in North Carolina; and county in Tennessee; named for < ren. Nathaniel 
Macon, United States Senator from North Carolina, 1816-1826. 
Macoupin; county and creek in Illinois, so named by the Indians because the white 
potato, signified by the name, was found abundantly along the banks of the 
creek. 
Macungie; borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. An Indian name meaning 
"the feeding place of bears." 
Madawaska; branches of the St. John and Aroostook rivers in Maine, and town in 
Aroostook County. An Indian word meaning " porcupine place," or, "where 
one river enters another." 
Madden; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for Captain Madden. 
Madera; county, and town in samecounty, in California. A Spanish word meaning 
"lumber;" the county having been formed from a part of Fresno County after 
