list of texas county seat name etymologies
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Table:
County Seat
County
Named for

Madisonville
Madison
James Madison, fourth President of the United States

Marfa
Presidio
Uncertain, though reportedly suggested by the wife of a railroad executive from a character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov, which she was reading at the time

Marlin
Falls
John Marlin, pioneer and father-in-law of town founder Samuel A. Blain

Marshall
Harrison
John Marshall, fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Mason
Mason
Fort Mason, whose etymology is uncertain, though it was probably named after either Lt. George T. Mason, killed during the Mexican-American War at Brownsville, Texas, or for Gen. Richard Barnes Mason.

Matador
Motley
The Matador Ranch, which was located in the county

McKinney
Collin
Collin McKinney, one of five drafters and the oldest signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and early settler in the county

Memphis
Hall
Following a series of failures for the town to select a name not already in use, Rev. John Brice fortuitously noticed a letter in Austin addressed to Memphis, Texas, and marked No such town in Texas

Menard
Menard
Michel Branamour Menard, the founder of Galveston, Texas

Mentone
Loving
Old Mentone, which was named for Menton, France, the hometown of one of its early settlers

Meridian
Bosque
Uncertain, though most likely due to Commissioner Jasper N. Mabray's belief the town lay on or near the 98th meridian west. Surveyor George Erath had previously named Meridian Creek and Meridian Knobs for such a proximity.

Mertzon
Irion
M. L. Mertz, a director of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway

Miami
Roberts
Uncertain: Reportedly an Indian word meaning "sweetheart," but could also be named for rivers or other cities named after the Miami Indians

Midland
Midland
Its location midway between Fort Worth and El Paso on the Texas and Pacific Railway

Monahans
Ward
Thomas John Monahan, who dug the first water well between the Pecos River and Big Spring in 1881 and selected the site for a water tank

Montague
Montague
Daniel Montague, a state senator and early surveyor

Morton
Cochran
Morton Smith, a land agent hired to sell the property after the death of the original landowner

Mount Pleasant
Titus
A nearby Caddo burial site known as "Pleasant Mound"

Mount Vernon
Franklin
Mount Vernon, George Washington's homestead

Muleshoe
Bailey
The nearby Muleshoe Ranch

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