ganxett.J PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. "2 1 7 
Mount Morris ; town in Livingston County, New York, named for Mr. Thomas 
Morris, of Philadelphia. 
Mount Peter; knob of bine dolomite in the village of Great Barrington, Berkshire 
County, Massachusetts, named for Peter Ingersol, an early inhabitant, who 
owned it. 
Mount Pleasant; township and borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 
so named because of its pleasing location. 
Mount Pulaski; township and city in Logan County, Illinois, named tor the Revo- 
lutionary general, Count Pulaski, who was killed in the Biege of Savannah in 
1779. 
Mount Race; one of the higher summits of the Taghkanic Mountains, in the tow n 
of Mount Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Named for William 
Pace, a resident of the western slope of the mountain. 
Mount Riga; extreme southern point of the Taghkanic Mountains in Litchfield 
County, Connecticut, and town in Dutchess County, New York, named from 
Mount Rhigi in Switzerland. 
Mount Sterling; township and town in Brown County, Illinois, so named by the 
early settlers because they considered it a valuable location for a town. 
Mount Sterling; city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, named from the city in 
Scotland, and "mount" because of the numerous mounds in the vicinity. 
Mount Tom; town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, named for Rowland 
Thomas. 
Mount Vernon; residence of Gen. George Washington, on the Potomac River, Vir- 
ginia. Named in honor of Admiral Edward Vernon, of the British navy, by 
Lewis Washington, who willed the estate to his brother, George Washington. 
Mount Vernon; township and city in Jefferson County, Illinois, city in Lawrence 
County, Missouri, and many other places, named generally from the home of 
George Washington. 
Mount Weston; situated in the town of Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 
and named for the Hon. Byron Weston, a resident, and lieutenant-governor of 
the State. 
Movestar; stream in Illinois. A corruption of the French mauvaise terre, ''bad 
land." 
Moweaqua; village in Shelby County, Illinois, named from the Indian, which is 
given the various meanings of "weeping woman," "wolf woman," " woman of 
the wolf totem." 
Mower; county in Minnesota, named for J. E. Mower, a member of the Council. 
Muhlenberg; county in Kentucky, named for Gen. J. P. G. Muhlenberg, an officer 
of the Revolutionary war. 
Muir; village in Ionia County, Michigan, named for W. K. Muir, superintendent of 
the Detroit and Mackinac Railway. 
Mullan; town in Shoshone County, Idaho, named for Lieut. John Mullan. 
Mullins; town in Marion County, South Carolina, named for the Mnllin family, 
prominent in that country. 
Multnomah; county in Oregon. An Indian word, meaning "down river." 
Mulvane; city in Sumner County, Kansas, named for John R. Mulvane, of Topeka, 
Kansas. 
Muncie; village in Vermilion County, Illinois, and city in Delaware County, 
Indiana. The name of a subtribe of the Delaware Indians formerly residing in 
Central Indiana. It is said to refer to an "island." 
Muncy; town in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, a corruption of the Indian tribal 
name Mmsi, meaning "wolf." 
Mundy; township in Genesee County, Michigan, named for Edward Mundy, former 
lieutenant-governor of the State. 
