Gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 2 1 3 
Montclair; town in Essex County, New Jersey. A French name meaning "clear 
mountain." 
Montebello; town in Los Angeles County, California. A Spanish phrase meaning 
"beautiful mountain." 
Monte Diablo; mountain in California, A Spanish name meaning "mountain of 
the devil." 
Monterey; county, and city in the same County, in California, named for Count de 
Monterey, viceroy of Mexico. A Spanish name meaning "mountain of the 
king. ' ' 
Monterey; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for the battle of the 
Mexican war. 
Montevideo; village in Chippewa County, Minnesota, meaning "I see the moun- 
tain," referring to the coteau. 
Monte Vista; town in Rio Grande County, Colorado. From the Spanish, meaning 
' ' mountain view. ' ' 
Montezuma; county, and town in Summit County, in Colorado, named for the 
Emperor of Mexico. 
Montgomery; counties in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken- 
tucky, Maryland, Mississippi, and Missouri; county, and village in Orange ( Jounty, 
in New York; counties in North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia; 
and many cities and towns; named for Gen. Richard Montgomery, who was killed 
in the assault on Quebec. 
Montgomery; county in Alabama, named for Lieut. Lemuel P. Montgomery, of 
Montgomery, Alabama, 
Montgomery; town in Daviess County, Indiana, named for Valentine B. Montgom- 
ery, its founder. 
Montgomery; county in Tennessee, named for Col. John Montgomery. 
Montgomery; county in Texas, named for Gen. James Montgomery. 
Monticello; town in Jasper County, Georgia, township and city in Piatt County, 
Illinois, town in Lawrence County, Mississippi, village in Sullivan County, New 
York, and many other places; named from the home of President Jefferson in 
Albemarle County, Virginia. 
Montmorency; county in Michigan, named for Lord Montmorency. 
Montour; county, ridge, and borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, named 
for Madame Montour, an early French settler from Quebec 
Montpelier; city in AVashington County, Vermont, named from the city in France. 
Montrio; town in Sonoma County, California. From the Spanish, meaning " river 
mountain." 
Montrose; county, and town in same county, in Colorado, named from Sir Walter 
Scott's legend of "Montrose." 
Montrose; village in Genesee County, New York, named from the town in Scotland. 
Montrose; borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, named tor I>r. Robert 
H. Rose. Another authority claims it was named from Montrose in Scotland. 
Monument; mountain in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named from a conical 
pile of quartz stones on the southern slope. It is of Indian origin, but traditions 
regarding it vary, one being to the effect that the monument marks the grave of 
the first sachem who died in the region. 
Moodus; village in Middlesex County, Connecticut. A contraction of the [ndian 
machemoodus, meaning " place of noises. " 
Moody; county in South Dakota, named for Gideon G. Moody, United States Senator. 
Mooers; town and village in Clinton County, New York, named for Gen. Benjamin 
Mooers. 
Moore; county in North Carolina, named for Alfred Moore, an associate justice of 
the United States. 
