&ANNETT.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES- 201 
Marthas Vineyard; island comprising Dukes County, Massachusetts. Martha is 
said to be a corruption of Martin, the name of a friend of the discoverer, Vine- 
yard being added on account of the abundance of wild grapes on the island. 
Martin; counties in Indiana and Kentucky, named for Col. John P. Martin. 
Martin; county in Minnesota, named for Henry Martin, an early settler. 
Martin; town in Claiborne County, Mississippi, named for (Jen. W. T. Martin, of 
Natchez, Mississippi. 
Martin; county in North Carolina, named for colonial governor, Josiah Martin. 
Martin; county in Texas, named for AVyly Martin, an early settler. 
Martinez; town in Contra Costa County, California, named for a prominent Spanish 
settler. 
Martins; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for an early settler. 
Martins; location in Coos County, New Hampshire, granted to Thomas Martin, 1 773. 
Martinsburg; village in Dixon County, Nebraska, named for Jonathan Martin, its 
first settler. 
Martinsburg; borough in Blair County Pennsylvania, named for its founder. 
Martinsburg"; town in Berkeley County, West Virginia, named for Col. Tom Martin. 
a nephew of Lord Fairfax, a wealthy landowner. 
Martins Ferry; city in Belmont County, Ohio, named for the family who estab- 
lished the ferry. 
Martinsville; city in Morgan County, Indiana, named for the oldest of the locating 
commissioners, John Martin. 
Martinsville; village in Harrison County, Missouri, named for Zadoc Martin, a 
miller. 
Martinsville; town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, named for the founder. 
Martinsville; town in Henry County, Virginia, named for Col. Joe Martin, original 
owner of the town site. 
Marvine; mountains in Colorado and Utah, named for the geologist, A. R. Marvine. 
Mary; bay in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone Park, named for Miss Mary Force. 
Mary; lake in Yellowstone Park, named for Miss Mary Clark. 
Maryland; one of the thirteen original States, named for Henrietta Maria, wife of 
Charles I, of England. 
Marysville; township and city in Yuba County, California, named for Mrs. Mary 
Covilland, one of the founders. 
Marysville; city in Marshall County, Kansas, named for the wife of Francis .1 Mar- 
shall, for whom the county was named. 
Marysville; town in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, named by Thomas Cruse 
for his mother. 
Marysville; village in Union County, Ohio, named for the daughter of the original 
proprietor. 
Mascoutah; city in St. Clair County, Illinois. An Indian word meaning "prairie," 
or "grassy plain." 
Masg-eek-Hanna; stream in Pennsylvania; a Delaware Indian word meaning 
"stream flowing through swampy ground." 
Mashamoquet; stream in Connecticut. An Indian word meaning "near the great 
mountain," or, according to another authority, "at the great fishing place." 
rMashapaug; village in Tolland County, Connecticut; 
JMashpee; town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. From an Indian word, 
1 mashapaug, meaning either "standing water," or "great pond." 
Maskeg-on; river in Michigan. An Indian word meaning "swamp," or "bog." 
Mason; village in Effingham County, Illinois, named for Roswell P>. Mason, chief 
engineer Illinois Central Railroad. 
Mason; county in Illinois, named from Mason County, Kentucky, the birthplace of 
many of the early settlers. 
