gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 207 
Meyersdale ; borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, named for an early 
settler. 
Miami; river and city in Dade County, Florida; county in Indiana; town in Ottawa 
Reservation, Indian Territory; county in Kansas; city in Saline County, Mis- 
souri; and river and county in Ohio. The name of a noted Indian tribe; the 
meaning of the word is uncertain. 
Mianus; village and river in Fairfield County, Connecticut. A corruption of the 
name of the Indian chief Mayanno, meaning "he who gathers together." 
Micanopy; town in Alachua County, Florida, named for a chief of t lie Seminole 
Indians, whose name signifies "chief of chiefs.'' 
Michig-amme ; village in Marquette County, Michigan. An Indian word meaning 
" large lake." 
Michig-an; State of the Union and one of the Great Lakes. An Indian word, said 
by some to mean "big lake;" by others, "place for catching fish." 
Middleboro; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, so named because it was 
situated between the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth and the village of the 
Indian sachem, Massasoit, near Bristol, Rhode Island. 
Middleburg"; town in Vance County, North Carolina, so named because it is the 
middle point between two rivers. 
Middleburg-; town in Loudoun County, Virginia, so named because of its location 
midway between Upperville, in Fauquier County, and Aldie, in Loudoun County. 
Middlebury; town in Addison County, Vermont, so named because it was the cen- 
tral of three towns surveyed simultaneously. 
Middlefield ; township in Ceauga County, Ohio, named from its central location 
between Warren and Painesville. 
Middlegrove; town in Monroe County, Missouri, so named because it is midway 
between the Big Muddy and Mississippi rivers. 
Middleport; village in Niagara County, New York, so named on account of its sit- 
uation on the canal halfway between Albion and Lockport. 
Middleport; village in Meigs County, Ohio, so named because of its location on the 
Ohio River, midway between Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Cincinnati. 
Middlesex; counties in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey; town in 
Yates County, New T York; township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; 
town in Washington County, Vermont; and county in Virginia; generally named 
from the county in England. 
Middleton; town in Fssex County, Massachusetts. Incorporated in 1728, from 
parts of Salem, Topsfield, Boxford, and Andover, and said to have been so 
named because of its central location between those towns. 
Middletown; town in Newcastle County, Delaware, so named because of its loca- 
tion midway between Bunker Hill, Maryland, and Odessa. 
Middletown; city in Butler County, Ohio, situated midway between Cincinnati 
and Dayton; hence the name. 
Midland; county in Michigan, so named because of its situation in the east-central 
portion of the southern peninsula. 
Midland; county in Texas, named for its location midway between Fori Worth and 
El Paso. 
Midlothian; town in Chesterfield County, Virginia, named from the county in 
Scotland. 
{Mifflin; county in Pennsylvania; 
Mifflinburg; town in Pinion County, Pennsylvania. Named for General Mifflin, 
once governor of the State. 
Milam; county in Texas, named for Benjamin R. Milam, an early settler aid distin- 
guished Indian fighter. 
