'214 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. _t,s. 
Moore; county in Tennessee, named for Gen. William Moore, a prominent member 
of the general assembly of the State. 
Moore; county in Texas, named for E. W. Moore, commodore of the Texas navy. 
Mooretield; town in Hardy County, West Virginia, named for Conrad Moore. 
Mooresville; town in Morgan County, Indiana, named for Samuel Moore, its 
founder. 
Mooresville; town in Livingston County, Missouri, named for its founder, W. B. 
Moore. 
Moorhead; city in Clay County, Minnesota, named for Gen. J. K. Moorhead, o: 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 
Moorhead; town in Custer County, Montana, named for W. G. Moorehead of th( 
Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Moosabec; light-house on the coast of Maine. An Indian word meaning "bait 
pond place." 
Moose; river and plantation in Somerset County, Maine. A corruption of the Indiar 
word moosoa, " wood eaters." 
Moose; stream in Pennsylvania. Derived from the Indian word chinklacamoose 
meaning "it almost joins," and applicable to this river because there is a horse 
shoe bend in it where the extremities almost meet. 
Moosetookmeguntic; lake in Maine. An Indian word meaning "where the hunt 
ers watch the moose at night." 
Moosup; river and village in Windham County, Connecticut, named for the Indiai 
sachem Maussup. 
Mora; county in New Mexico. The Spanish name for raspberries. 
Moraga; town in Contra Costa County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"bundle made by gleaners." 
Moran; city in Allen County, Kansas, named for Daniel Comyan Moran, a capitalist 
Moran; mountain in the Teton Range, Wyoming, named for Thomas Moran, th( 
artist. 
Moravia; town in Cayuga County, New York, named from the province in Austria 
Moreau; river in Missouri. A French word signifying "extremely well." 
Moreau; town in Saratoga County, New York, named for Marshall Moreau, o 
France. 
Morehead; town in Rowan County, Kentucky, named for Gov. James T. Morehead 
Morehead; town in Carteret County, North Carolina, named for John M. Morehead 
former governor of the State. 
Morehouse; parish in Louisiana, named for the man who obtained the grant fron 
Baron Bastrop, 1764. 
Morehouse; town in Hamilton Comity, New York, named for the first settler. 
Morena; town in San Diego County, California. A Spanish word meaning "browi 
bread." 
Morenci; village in Lenawee County, Michigan. The name is contracted from Mont 
morenci. 
Moreno; township in Riverside County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
"brownish" or "swarthy." 
Moresville; village in Delaware County, New York, named for the first settler. 
Morgan; counties in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio 
Tennessee, and West Virginia, named for Gen. Daniel Morgan, an officer in th< 
Revolution. 
Morgan; county in Colorado, named tor Col. Christopher A. Morgan, of the Colo 
rado Volunteers. 
Morgan; county in Utah, named for .1. Morgan Grant, one of the earliest settlers ii 
the county. 
