Mongo, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Mongo's "Olde Store"
Mongo's "Olde Store"
Mongo is located in Indiana
Mongo
Mongo
Mongo is located in the United States
Mongo
Mongo
Coordinates: 41°41′05″N 85°16′47″W / 41.68472°N 85.27972°W / 41.68472; -85.27972
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyLaGrange
TownshipSpringfield
Elevation
902 ft (275 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total105
ZIP code
46771
FIPS code18-50094[1]
GNIS feature ID439324[2]

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 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. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Mongo, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  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.


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