204 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Mayville; villages in Tuscola County, Michigan, and Chautauqua County, New, 
York, named for the month of May. 
Mayville; city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, named for "Uncle" May, an early 
settler. 
Mazon; town in Grundy County, Illinois. An Indian name meaning " weed," refer- 
ring to a species which grew along a stream near the town. 
Meade; peak in Idaho, county, and city in same county in Kansas, and county in 
South Dakota, named for Gen. George C. Meade. 
Meade; county in Kentucky, named for Capt. James Meade. 
Meadville; town in Franklin County, Mississippi, named for Cowles Meade, second 
secretary of the Territory. 
Meadville; city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, named for Gen. David Mead, 
its founder. 
Meagher; county in Montana, named for Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, a State 
official. 
Meander Creek; stream in the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, so named by the surveyor 
because of its wandering course. 
Meares; cape in Washington, named for the explorer, John Meares. 
Mebane; town in Alamance County, North Carolina, named for Gen. Alexander 
Mebane. 
Mecca; town in Trumbull County, Ohio, named for the capital of Arabia. 
Mechanicsburg; village in Champaign County, ( >hio, so named because of the large 
percentage of mechanics in the population. 
Mecklenburg; counties in North Carolina and Virginia, named for the Queen of 
George III, Charlotte of Mecklenburg. 
Medary; town in Brookings County, South Dakota, named for Samuel Medary, 
governor of Kansas Territory. 
Medfield; town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. A contraction of its original 
name of Meadowfield, given it on account of the beautiful jmeadows. 
Media; borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, so named because of its loca- 
tion in the center of the county. 
Mediapolis; town in Des Moines County, Iowa, so named because it is half way 
between Burlington and Washington. 
Medina; county, and township and village in same county, in Ohio, named from the 
city in Arabia. 
Medina; county and river in Texas, named for a Mexican-Spaniard, P. Medina, an 
early settler. 
Medo; village in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The Indian name for a root which 
in appearance and taste resembles the sweet potato. 
Medora; town in Billings County, North Dakota, named for the wife of the Marquis 
de Mores. 
Meeker; town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named for N. C. Meeker, of the 
New York Tribune. 
Meeker; county in Minnesota, named for Bradley B. Meeker, associate justice of the 
supreme court, 1849-185.3. 
Meherrin; river in Virginia. An Indian word meaning "island," the name of a 
tribe of that region. 
Meigs; peak in Colorado, named for Gen. M. C. Meigs. 
Meigs; counties in Ohio and Tennessee, named for Col. Return J. Meigs. 
Melones; town in Calaveras County, California. A Spanish name meaning "elm- 
ons," descriptively applied. 
Melrose; city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named by William Bogle, a 
resident, from the borough in Scotland. 
Melvern; city in Osage County, Kansas, named from the Malvern Hills in England. 
