Mongo, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

41°41′03″N 85°16′42″W / 41.68417°N 85.27833°W / 41.68417; -85.27833CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyLaGrangeTownship SpringfieldElevation

^[1]

906 ft (276 m)Population

(2010)

• Total105ZIP code

46771

FIPS code18-50094^[2]GNIS feature ID2830436^[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.