218 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 1 
Munfordville ; town in Hart County, Kentucky, named for Richard I. Munford, a 
former proprietor. 
Munising; village in Alger County, Michigan. From an Indian word signifying 
"at the little island." 
Munnsville; village in Madison County, New York, named for Asa Munn, the first 
storekeeper in the place. 
Munson; township in Geauga County, Ohio, named from the proprietor's residence 
in Monson, Massachusetts. 
Murder; creek in Genesee County, New T York, so named because the body of a man ] 
who w r as supposed to have been murdered was found in the stream. 
Murfreesboro; city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and town in Hertford County, 
North Carolina, named for Col. Hardy Murfree, an officer of the Revolution. 
Murphy; township in Calaveras County, California, named for the miner who dis- 
covered gold in the vicinity. 
Murphy; town in Cherokee County, North Dakota, named for A. D. Murphy, a . 
judge of the superior court. 
Murphy sboro; township, and city in Jackson County, in Illinois, named for William 
C. Murphy, one of the commissioners who located the county seat. 
Murray; county in Georgia, named for Thomas W. Murray, former member of the 
legislature. 
Murray; precinct in Shoshone County, Idaho, named for a miner who owned the 
land upon which the town is built, giving away many lots to encourage people 
to settle there. 
Murray; city in Callaway County, Kentucky, named for Hon. John L. Murray, 
member of Congress. 
Murray; county in Minnesota, named for Hon. W. P. Murray, a member of the Ter- 
ritorial legislature, and pioneer of St. Paul. 
Murray ville; village in Morgan County, Illinois, named for its founder, Samuel 
Murray. 
Murrieta; town in Riverside County, California, named for a former proprietor of 
a large tract of land, J. Murrieta. 
Muscackituck; river in Indiana. An Indian w 7 ord meaning "pond river," and so 
named because of the many stagnant ponds along its course. 
Muscatine; county, and city in same county, in Iowa, probably derived from the 
Indian and meaning "dweller in the prairie." 
Muscle Shoals; series of rapids in the Tennessee River in northern Alabama, so 
named because of the great number of mussels found there. 
Muscoda; village in Grand County, Kansas. An Indian word meaning "prairie," 
or "grassy plain." 
Muscogee; county in Georgia and town in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, named 
for the tribes of Indians of the Creek confederacy. The name possibly means 
"swamp," or "open marshy land." 
Musconetcong; river in New Jersey. Indian word meaning "rapid stream." 
Muscotah; city in Atchison County, Kansas. An Indian word meaning "beauti- 
ful prairie," or "prairie of fire." 
Music; cliff in the Rocky Mountains, Arizona, so named by the expedition party of 
the Colorado because of the soughing of the wind about the cliffs. 
Muskeego; lake, river, and township in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. From an 
Ojibwa Indian word meaning "swamp." 
Muskegon; county, and city in same county, in Michigan. An Ojibwa Indian word 
meaning "swamp." 
Musketo; creek in Mahoning Valley, Ohio, so named by the surveyors on account 
of the overwhelming number of mosquitoes encountered there. 
