202 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Mason; river in northern Illinois, tributary to the Illinois River, named for 
William Mason, an early settler. 
Mason; bayou in Chicot County, Kansas, named for the early proprietor, the Mar- 
quis of Maison Rouge. 
Mason; county in Kentucky, named for George Mason, an intimate friend of George 
Washington. 
Mason; county in Michigan, named for Stevens T. Mason, the last Territorial gov- 
ernor and first State governor. 
Mason; town in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, named for John Mason, the 
founder of the colony. 
Mason; county in Texas, named for Captain Mason, United States Army. 
Mason; county in Washington, named for Charles H. Mason, the first State secretary. 
Mason; county in West Virginia, named for George Mason, governor of the State. 
Mason; creek in Yellowstone Park, named for Maj. Julius W. Mason, United 
States Army. 
Mason City; township and city in Mason County, Illinois, named from the county. 
Masonville; town in Delaware County, New York, named for Rev. John M. Mason, 
of New York. 
Massabesic; village in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. An Indian word mean- 
ing " place at a great river." 
Massac; county in Illinois and fort on the Ohio River, named for Monsieur Mas- 
siac, the French minister of marine during the French and Indian war. 
Mayfield; city in Graves County, Kentucky, named for John Mayfield, who lost his 
life by drowning in the creek near the city. 
Maynard; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for the founder of the 
woolen mills in the town. 
Massachaug 1 ; pond in Rhode Island. An Indian word meaning "place where 
rushes grow." 
Massachusetts; one of the thirteen original States. An Indian word meaning 
" near the great hills." 
Massapeag; village in New London County, Connecticut. An Indian word meaning 
" great water land." 
Massena; village in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for Andre Massena, a 
marshal of France. 
Massillon; city in Stark County, Ohio, named for Jean Baptiste Massillon, a cele- 
brated French divine. 
Masten; village in Kent County, Delaware, named for William Masten, an early 
settler. 
Masthope; town in Pike County, Pennsylvania. A corruption of the Delaware 
Indian in<tsli<ii>i meaning " beads of glass." 
Matagoodus; tributary of the Penobscot River in Maine. An Indian word meaning 
" meadow ground." 
Matagorda; county, and village in same county, in Texas. A Spanish word meaning 
" thick brush." 
Matamoras; village in Pike County, Pennsylvania. A Spanish word meaning 
" Moor slayer." 
Matanaucook; branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine. An Indian word meaning 
" place of bad lands." 
Matawan; town in Monmouth County, New Jersey. An Indian word to which 
various meanings are ascribed, among them "magician," "charmed skin," "it 
arrives in a lake." 
Mathews; county in Virginia, named for Gen. Thomas Mathews, an officer of the 
Revolution. 
