206 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [hill 
Meredosia; town in Morgan County, Illinois. A French name, corrupted fror 
marais d'osier, meaning "willow marsh." Another authority gives mere 
"lake," and d' Osea, the name of a French priest living in the vicinity. 
Meriwether; county in Georgia, named for David Meriwether, former member of 
Congress from Georgia 
Merom; town in Sullivan County, Indiana, named for the waters of Meroni in 
Palestine. 
Merrill; city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, named for S. S. Merrill of the Wisconsin 
Central Railroad Company. 
(Merrimac; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, river in New Hampshire andj 
Massachusetts, and village in Sauk County, Wisconsin; 
| Merrimack; county, and town in Hillsboro County, in New Hampshire. From the 
' Indian, meaning "sturgeon," or " swift water." 
Mesa; county in Colorado, from the Spanish "mesa," table, hence a table-land or j 
plateau. 
Mesa Grande; township in San Diego County, California. A Spanish phrase mean- 
ing "great table-land." 
Mesa Inclinado; plateau in western Colorado. The name is Spanish and signifi- 
cant of the slope of the mesa. 
Meshoppen; stream in Pennsylvania. A Delaware Indian name meaning "glass 
beads," and given this stream because of the barter of trinkets made upon its 
banks. 
Mesick; town in Wexford County, Michigan, named for its first settler. 
Mesilla; towns in Butte County, California, and Dona Ana County, New Mexico. 
A Spanish word meaning "little table-land." 
Meskaskeeseehunk; branch of the Mattwamkeag River, Maine. An Indian word 
meaning "little spruce brook." 
Mesongo; stream in Maryland. An Indian word meaning " where we killed deer. 
Mesopotamia; township in Trumbull County, Ohio, situated between two rivers, 
and named from Mesopotamia in Asia, which lies between the Tigris and 
Euphrates; from the Greek, signifying literally "between the rivers." 
Mesquite; village in Dallas County, Texas. The Spanish name for a tree of the 
locust family. 
Metamora; village in Woodford County, Illinois, named for the Indian chief who 
was the hero of Edwin Forrest's play. 
Metcalfe; county in Kentucky, named for Thomas Metcalfe, an early governor of 
the State. 
Metea; village in Cass County, Indiana, named for Pottawattomie, an Indian chief, 
or possibly from meda or meta, which means "prophet" or "priest." 
Methuen; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, probably named for Lord Paul 
Methuen by Governor Dummer. 
Metuchen; borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, named for the chief of the 
Raritans. 
Metropolis; city in Massac County, Illinois. The name is expressive of the hope 
of the founders. 
Metz; township in Presque Isle County, Michigan, and nine other places bear the 
name of the town in Germany. 
Mexia; town in Limestone County, Texas, named from Mexico. 
Mexico; city in Audrain County, Missouri. Named from the country which is said 
to be derived from the Aztec word, Mexitili, the name of a tutelary divinity, but 
according to another authority meaning the "habitation of the god of war." 
Meyer; county in South Dakota, named for Fred Meyer, civil engineer and land 
surveyor. 
