Mongo, Indiana

Mongo
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Mongo
Coordinates: 41°41′05″N 85°16′47″W / 41.68472°N 85.27972°W / 41.68472; -85.27972Coordinates: 41°41′05″N 85°16′47″W / 41.68472°N 85.27972°W / 41.68472; -85.27972
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaGrange
Township	Springfield
Elevation	902 ft (275 m)
ZIP code	46746
FIPS code	18-50094[1]
GNIS feature ID	439324[2]

Mongo is an unincorporated village in Springfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The name Mongo derives from the early settlers' name for the area: Mongoquinong. Although An Illustrated Historical Atlas of LaGrange County, Indiana (1874) translates this as "Big Squaw Village", is presently thought to be a corruption of the Miami-Illimois maankwahkionka, meaning "In the Loon Land".^[3]

Geography

Mongo is located at 41°41′05″N 85°16′47″W / 41.68472°N 85.27972°W / 41.68472; -85.27972. 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. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "Mongo, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:439324. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ^ McCafferty, p. 16.

• McCafferty, Michael (2008) Native American Place Names of Indiana, University of Illinois Press, ISBN 978-0252032684.