Mongo,_Indiana

Mongo, Indiana

Mongo, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Mongo is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The population in 2010 was 105.[3]

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History

Mongo was originally called Mongoquinong, and under the latter name was laid out in 1840.[4] Mongoquinong was later shortened to Mongo. Although An Illustrated Historical Atlas of LaGrange County, Indiana (1874) translates the native name as 'Big Squaw Village', it is thought to be a corruption of the Miami-Illinois maankwahkionka, meaning 'in the Loon Land'.[5][6]

The John O'Ferrell Store was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[7]

Geography

Mongo is the site of "The Olde Store" (aka "John O'Ferrell Store" or the "Mongo Trading Post"), on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mongo, Indiana
  2. [2]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. [3]
    "ZIP Code 46771, Mongo IN, U.S. ZIP Codes, Database - Mongo Indiana Map".
  4. [4]
    Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. 1882. p. 203.
  5. [5]
    McCafferty, Michael. Native American Place Names of Indiana. Champaign: U of Illinois P, 16. ISBN 978-0-252-03268-4.
  6. [6]
    "Indiana's quirky place names and how they came to be".
  7. [7]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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