212 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 25* 
Monett; township and city in Barry County, Missouri, named for the general pas- 
senger agent of the New York Central Railroad. 
Monhegan; island in Lincoln County, Maine. An Indian word meaning " grand 
island." 
Moniteau; county and creek in Missouri, so named by the Indians because of the 
painted figure of a man upon a rock in the vicinity, the word in their language 
meaning "spirit." 
Monks Corner; town in Berkeley County, South Carolina, named for Thomas Monk] 
a prominent colonial settler. 
Monmouth; township and city in Warren County, Illinois, and town in Kennebel 
County, Maine, named from the Revolutionary battle of Monmouth, June _x, 
177S. 
Monmouth; county in New Jersey, named from Monmouthshire, England. 
Mono; county and lake in California. A Spanish word meaning "monkey." 
Monocacy; river in Maryland, and creek in Pennsylvania. An Indian word 
meaning "stream containing many large bends." 
Monona; county in Iowa, The name is of Indian origin, meaning unknown. 
Monongah; town in Marion County, West Virginia. An abbreviated combination 
of the names of Monongahela (River) and Monongalia (County). 
Monongahela; town in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and river in West Vir- 
ginia and Pennsylvania. A corruption of the Delaware Indian word menmutge' 
hilla, meaning "river with the sliding banks." 
Monongalia; county in West Virginia. A latinized form of the Indian word 
monongahela, meaning the "falling in river bank." 
Monroe; counties in Alabama, Arkansas, and Florida; county, and city in Walton 
County, in Georgia; counties in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Kentucky; town in 
Waldo County, Maine; counties in Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, 
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee; fort at Old Point Comfort, Virginia; counties 
in West Virginia and Wisconsin; peak of the White Mountains, New Hamp- 
shire; also many other cities, towns, and villages; named for President James 
Monroe. 
Monroe City; town in Knox County, Indiana, named for Monroe Alton, its founder. 
Monroeville; village in Salem County, New Jersey, named for S. T. Monroe, a 
minister of an early church. 
Monrovia; city in Los Angeles County, California, named for Maj. W. N. Monroe, 
one of the founders. 
Monrovia; village in Morgan County, Indiana, the name being a variation of the 
name of the township in which it is located. 
Monsey; village in Rockland County, New York. A corruption of the Indian tribal 
name minsi, meaning "wolf." 
Monson; town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named for John, the second 
Lord Monson. 
Montague; town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named for Capt. William 
Montague. 
Montague; town in Lewis County, New York, named for the daughter of H. B. 
Pierrepont. 
Montague; county in Texas, named for Daniel Montague. 
Montana; State of the Union. A Latin w T ord meaning "mountainous region," and 
applicable to this State on account of the nature of its topography. 
Montauk; headland at the extreme eastern point of Long Island, New York. A 
corruption of the Indian minnawtawkil, meaning "island place," or "in the 
island country." By another authority said to mean "spirit" or "spirit tree." 
Montcalm; county in Michigan, named for General Montcalm, 
