210 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258 
Minnequa; village in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning 
"to drink." 
Minnesota; State of the Union, and a river tributary to the Mississippi. A Sioux 
Indian word meaning "cloudy water" or "sky-tinted water." 
Minnetonka; lake in Minnesota. A Sioux Indian name signifying "big water." 
Minnewaukan; post village in Benson County, North Dakota. Sioux Indian word 
meaning "spirit water." 
Minnicotta; lake in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "warm water." 
Minniwakan; lake in North Dakota. An Indian word meaning "spirit water." 
Minooka; village in Grundy County, Illinois. An Indian word meaning "maple 
forest" or "good earth." 
Minor; creek in Humboldt County, California, named for Isaac Minor. 
Minot; town in Androscoggin County, Maine, named for Judge Minot, a member of 
the general court. 
Minto; village in Marion County, Oregon, named for John Minto, an early pioneer.! 
Minturn; village in Madera County, California, named for Jonas Minturn, an old^ 
settler. 
Mirabile; town in Caldwell County, Missouri. A Latin word meaning " won- 
derful." 
Miraflores; town in Orange County, California. A Spanish name, translated as 
"behold the flowers." 
Miramar; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning 
' ' behold the sea. ' ' 
Mishawaka; town in St. Joseph County, Indiana, probably named for the Indian 
chief, Mishiniwaka. The name means "swift water," or "red earth." 
Mispan; branch of the Delaware River. An Indian word meaning "raccoon." 
Missaukee; county in Michigan, probably named from the Indian tribe, Missim 
sauga, which means "people of the wide-mouth river." 
Missionary; ridge extending along the northeast border of Georgia, so called because 
a Presbyterian Church mission was established there at an early date. 
Missisquoi; river in Vermont. An Indian word meaning "big woman." 
Mississinewa; river in Indiana. An Indian word meaning "river of great stones."! 
Mississippi; State of the Union, counties in Arkansas and Missouri, and the largest 
river in the United States. An Indian word meaning "great river," or "gath- 
ering in of all the waters," and "an almost endless river spread out." 
Missoula; county, city in same county, and river in Montana. The name is said to 
have the same meaning as Missouri, "muddy water." 
Missouri; State of the Union, and one of the largest rivers. An Indian tribal name 
said to mean "muddy water." 
Mitchell; town in Los Angeles County, California, named from the county in Texas. 
Mitchell; town in Eagle County, Colorado, named for George R. Mitchell, a noted 
resident of Gilpin County. 
Mitchell; county in Georgia, named for David Bradie Mitchell, governor of the 
State in early days. 
Mitchell; town in Lawrence County, Indiana, named for Gen. O. W. Mitchell, who 
located the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. 
Mitchell; county, and town in same county, in Iowa, named for John Mitchell, the 
Irish patriot. 
Mitchell; county in Kansas, named for Gen. William D. Mitchell. 
Mitchell; county in North Carolina, named for Elisha Mitchell. 
Mitchell; town in Wheeler County, Oregon, named for Senator John H. Mitchell. 
Mitchell; county in Texas, named for the brothers A. and E. Mitchell, prominent 
Texans of early days. 
