Mongo, Indiana
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Mongo, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 41°41′03″N 85°16′42″W / 41.68417°N 85.27833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | LaGrange |
Township | Springfield |
Elevation | 906 ft (276 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 105 |
ZIP code | 46771 |
FIPS code | 18-50094[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 2830436[1] |
Mongo is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The population in 2010 was 105.[3]
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
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mongo, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "ZIP Code 46771, Mongo IN, U.S. ZIP Codes, Database - Mongo Indiana Map".
- ^ Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. 1882. p. 203.
- ^ McCafferty, Michael. Native American Place Names of Indiana. Champaign: U of Illinois P, 16. ISBN 978-0-252-03268-4.
- ^ "Indiana's quirky place names and how they came to be".
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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