List of American Places Named After People - M

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• Machin, California – Tim N. Machin
• Macon, 3 places in Georgia/Missouri/North Carolina – Nathaniel Macon
• Madelia, Minnesota – Madelia Hartshorn (deceased daughter of founder Philander Hartshorn)
• Madison, Maine and Madison, Wisconsin – James Madison
• Madison, South Dakota – James Madison (indirectly, via Madison, Wisconsin)
• Madison County, Florida – James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America
• Manchester, Vermont – Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester
• Mandala, California – Mandala Kneeland (early settler)
• Mansfield, Massachusetts – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
• Mansfield, Ohio – Jared Mansfield (U.S. Surveyor General)
• Mansfield, Texas – R.S. Man and Julian Feild (settlers) (note spelling)
• Mariaville, Maine – Maria Matilda (daughter of landholder William Bingham)
• Marinette, Wisconsin – Marie Antoinette Chevalier (common-law wife of an early fur trader)
• Marion – Francis Marion (Revolutionary War hero), 14 places in
  • Alabama – Illinois – Indiana – Iowa – Kansas – Kentucky – Louisiana – Massachusetts – Mississippi – New York – North Carolina – Ohio – South Carolina – Virginia
• Marion, North Dakota – Marion Mellen (daughter of Charles Sanger Mellen)
• Marion, Oregon – Francis Marion (Revolutionary War hero) (indirectly, via Marion County, Oregon)
• Marion, South Dakota – Marion Merrill (daughter of S.S. Merrill, a railroad official)
• Marion, Texas – Marion Dove (granddaughter of Joshua W. Young, owner of a plantation that the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway passed through)
• Marion County, Florida – General Francis Marion of South Carolina, a guerilla fighter and hero of the American Revolutionary War.
• Marsh Creek Springs, California – John Marsh
• Marshall, Texas – John Marshall
• Marklee Village, California – Jacob Marklee (early settler)
• Markleeville, California – Jacob Marklee (early settler)
• Marlboro, Vermont – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
• Marlborough, Massachusetts and Marlborough, New York – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
• Marlborough, New Hampshire – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (indirectly, via Marlborough, Massachusetts)
• Martendale, California – Harry J. Marten (founder)
• Martin County, Florida – John W. Martin 24th Governor of Florida
• Martinez, California – Don Ygnacio Martínez
• Martins Ferry, California – John F. Martin (first postmaster and ferry operator)
• Martinus Corner, California – Jan Henry Martinus (landowner)
• Maryland – Queen Henrietta Maria of France
• Maryland, New York – Queen Henrietta Maria of France (indirectly, via the state of Maryland)
• Marysville, California – Mary Murphy Covillaud (Donner Party survivor)
• Maryville, Missouri – Mary Graham (wife of Amos Graham, county clerk)
• Masaryktown, Florida – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (Czechslovak President)
• Mason, New Hampshire – Captain John Mason (New Hampshire's founder)
• Masonville, New York – Rev. John M. Mason (landholder)
• Mathis, Texas – Thomas Henry Mathis (proprietor)
• Mattos, California – John Garcia Mattos, Sr. (early settler)
• Maupin, Oregon – Howard Maupin (settler who established a farm and ferry here)
• Mauriceville, Texas – Maurice Miller (son of the first president of the Orange and Northwestern Railway)
• Mauston, Wisconsin – Milton M. Maughs (founder)
• Maynard, Massachusetts – Amory Maynard (mill owner)
• McAllen, Texas – John McAllen (settler)
• McCann, California – William O. McCann (lumber mill operator)
• McFarland, California – J.B. McFarland (founder)
• McGraw, New York – Samuel McGraw
• McHenry, Illinois – William McHenry
• McKinleyville, California – President William McKinley
• McKittrick, California – Capt. William McKittrick (local landowner and rancher)
• McMinnville, Tennessee – Joseph McMinn
• Mead, Colorado – Dr. Martin Luther Mead (landowner)
• Mendenhall Springs, California – William M. Mendenhall (health spa proprietor)
• Mercer, Maine – Brigadier General Hugh Mercer (Revolutionary War hero)
• Mercey Hot Springs, California – J.N. Mercy (early settler)
• Meredith, New Hampshire – Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet (member of British Parliament)
• Merritt, California – Hiram P. Merritt (early settler)
• Methuen, Massachusetts – Sir Paul Methuen (British diplomat)
• Mettler, California – W.H. Mettler (local agriculturalist)
• Metz, California – W.H.H. Metz (first postmaster)
• Meyers, California – George Henry Dudley Meyers (early landowner)
• Micanopy, Florida – Micanopy, leading chief of Seminoles, led the tribe during the Second Seminole War.
• Middleton, New Hampshire – Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
• Milan, New Hampshire – Milan Harris (mill owner)
• Milbank, South Dakota – Jeremiah Milbank (railroad director)
• Miles City, Montana – General Nelson A. Miles
• Miley, California – Julian J. Miley (first postmaster)
• Millbrae, California – Darius Ogden Mills
• Miller, California – James Miller (early settler)
• Millerton, Marin County, California – James Miller (wharf owner)
• Millerton, New York – Sidney Miller (railroad contractor)
• Milliken, Colorado – John D. Milliken (railroad official)
• Millis, Massachusetts – Lansing Millis (railroad executive)
• Millsaps, California – George W. Millsaps (early settler)
• Millsholm, California – Edgar Mills (landowner)
• Millspaugh, California – Almon N. Millspaugh (first postmaster)
• Milo, Maine – Milo of Croton (famous athlete from Ancient Greece)
• Milton, California – Milton Latham (railroad engineer)
• Minear, California – John J. Minear (first postmaster)
• Minkler, California – Charles O. Minkler (local farmer)
• Minot, Maine – Judge Minot of the General Court (aided in the town's incorporation)
• Minturn, California – Jonas and Thomas Minturn (local farmers)
• Mitchell, South Dakota – Alexander Mitchell (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Modesto, California – William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man
• Monroe – James Monroe, 11 places in
  • Connecticut – Maine – Massachusetts – Michigan – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New York – North Carolina – Ohio – Utah – Washington
• Monroeville, California – U.P. Monroe (founder)
• Monroeville, Pennsylvania – Joel Monroe (first postmaster)
• Monson, Maine – Sir John Monson (indirectly, via Monson, Massachusetts)
• Monson, Massachusetts – Sir John Monson
• Montgomery, 4 places in Alabama/Massachusetts/Minnesota/New York – General Richard Montgomery
• Montgomery, Texas – Andrew J. Montgomery (trading post establisher)
• Mooney Flat, California – Thomas Mooney (trading post & hotel establisher)
• Moorcroft, Wyoming – Alexander Moorcroft (settler)
• Moores Flat, California – H.M. Moore (first settler))
• Moraga, California – Joaquin Moraga (explorer and landowner)
• Morgan, California – Charles Morgan (early settler)
• Morgan, Utah – Jedediah Morgan Grant (a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Morgan, Vermont – John Morgan (landholder)
• Morgan's Point, Texas – Emily West Morgan (known as the Yellow Rose of Texas)
• Morgantown, West Virginia – Zackquill Morgan
• Morrill, Maine – Anson P. Morrill (governor of Maine)
• Morris, Connecticut – James Morris III (Revolutionary War soldier)
• Morris, New York – General Jacob Morris (son of Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Morris Plains, New Jersey – Lewis Morris (the first royal governor of New Jersey)
• Morris Township, New Jersey – Lewis Morris
• Morristown, New Jersey – Lewis Morris
• Morton Grove, Illinois – Levi P. Morton
• Moses Lake, Washington – Chief Moses (Native American chief of the Sinkiuse-Columbia)
• Moss, Monterey County, California – Charles Moss (wharf owner)
• Moss Landing, California – Charles Moss (wharf owner)
• Moultonborough, New Hampshire – Colonel Jonathan Moulton and others in his family
• Mount Bullion, Mariposa County, California – Senator Thomas Hart Benton (nicknamed "Old Bullion")
• Mount Pulaski, Illinois – Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
• Mount Washington, Kentucky and Mount Washington, Massachusetts – George Washington
• Mower, California – Lloyd W. Mower (first postmaster)
• Mullan, Idaho – John Mullan (builder of Mullan Road, a wagon route)
• Murdo, South Dakota – Murdo MacKenzie (Texas cattleman)
• Muroc, California – Ralph and Clifford Corum (early settlers) – Muroc is Corum spelled backwards
• Murphys, California – Daniel and John Murphy (early miners and settlers)
• Murray, California – David Murray (olive industry figure)
• Murray, Kentucky – John L. Murray (former Congressman from the area who had died two years before the city's incorporation in 1844)
• Murray, Utah – Eli Murray (territorial governor of Utah)