198 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bill. 258. 
Manhasset; formerly a village in Queens County, New York, and now a part of 
New York City. An Indian name meaning "at the little island." 
Manhattan; an island in New York. An Indian word variously said to refer to 
"island" or "place of drunkenness." 
Manheim; towns in Herkimer County, New York, and Lancaster County, Pennsyl- 
vania, named from the town in Germany. 
Manidowish ; river in Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning "evil spirit." 
Manistee; county, city in same county, and river in Michigan. An Indian word 
meaning "vermilion river," or, according to other authorities, "lost river," or 
' ' island in the river. ' ' 
Manistique; township and village in Schoolcraft County, Michigan. An Indian 
word with the same meaning as Manistee. 
Manito; township and village in Mason County, Illinois; 
Manitou; town in El Paso County, Colorado, county in Michigan, and river in 
Wisconsin. An Algonquian Indian term applied to any object of reverence, 
meaning literally "spirit." 
Manitowoc; county, and city in same county, in Wisconsin. An Indian word 
meaning "spirit land." 
Mankato; cities in Jewell County, Kansas, and Blue Earth County, Minnesota. 
An Indian word meaning "bule," or, more properly, "green earth." 
Mankisitah-Wakpa; river in South Dakota, strongly impregnated with white slime; 
hence given this name by the Indians, it meaning "cloudy river." 
Manlius; town in Onondaga County, New York, named for a Roman general. 
Manly; village in Moore County, North Carolina, named for Governor Charles 
Manly. 
Manning; town in Carroll County, Iowa, named for a merchant of the place. 
Manning-; town in Clarendon County, South Carolina, named for the Manning 
family, prominent in South Carolina history. 
Mannsville; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for Col. H. B. Mann. 
Mannussing; island in Long Island Sound. Erom an Indian wood, munnohan] 
meaning " island." 
Mans'field; town in Holland County, Connecticut, named for Moses Mansfield, mayor 
of New Haven. 
Mansfield; village in Piatt County, Illinois, named for Gen. John Mansfield, an 
officer in the civil war. 
Mansfield; town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, named for William Murray, Earl 
of Mansfield. 
Mansfield; city in Richland County, Ohio, named for Col. Jared Mansfield, at one 
time surveyor-general, United States. 
Mansfield; town in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, named for Asa Mann, original 
owner of the land. 
Manson; town in Calhoun County, Iowa, named for a resident. 
Manteno; village in Kankakee County, Illinois. Possibly a corruption of the Indian 
word manitou, meaning "spirit." 
Manteo; town in Dare County, North Carolina, named for an Indian chief of Roa- 
noke Island in 1585. 
Manton; village in Michigan, named for the first white settler, George Manton. 
Mantua; towns in Gloucester County, New Jersey, and Portage County, Ohio, 
named from the town in Italy. 
Manuelito; station in McKinley County, New Mexico, named for a former chief of 
the Navajos. A Spanish word meaning "little Manuel." 
Manzana; town in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"apple." 
