Mongo, Indiana

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Mongo, Indiana
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Mongo's "Olde Store"
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Mongo
Coordinates: 41°41′03″N85°16′42″W / 41.68417°N 85.27833°W / 41.68417; -85.27833
Country United States
State Indiana
County LaGrange
Township Springfield
Elevation
[1]
906 ft (276 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total105
ZIP code
46771
FIPS code 18-50094 [2]
GNIS feature ID2830436 [1]

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.

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References

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