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) Mianus, Connecticut – Mayanno (Native American chief) 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) Milburn, Kentucky – William Milburn Milesburg, Pennsylvania – Col. Samuel Miles (founder) Miles City, Montana – General Nelson A. Miles Miley, California – Julian J. Miley (first postmaster) Millard, Omaha, Nebraska – Ezra Millard (founder) Millbrae, California – Darius Ogden Mills Milledgeville, Georgia – Gov. John Milledge Miller, Nebraska – Capt. J.M. Miller (settler) Miller Place, New York – Andrew Miller (pioneer) Millersburg, Missouri – Thomas Miller (settler) Millersburg, Ohio – Charles Miller (founder) Millersburg, Pennsylvania – Daniel Miller (founder) Millerton, New York – Samuel G. Miller (railroad contractor) Milliken, Colorado – John D. Milliken (railroad official) Millis, Massachusetts – Lansing Millis (railroad executive) Millsfield, New Hampshire – Sir Thomas Mills Millspaugh, California – Almon N. Millspaugh (first postmaster) Milo, Maine – Milo of Croton (famous athlete from Ancient Greece) Milton, California – Milton Latham (railroad engineer) Milton, 4 places in Ulster County, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and West Virginia – John Milton Miltonvale, Kansas – Milton Tootle (landowner) Minkler, California – Charles O. Minkler (local farmer) Minor Creek (California) – Isaac Minor Minot, Maine – Judge Minot of the General Court (aided in the town's incorporation) Minturn, California – Jonas and Thomas Minturn (local farmers) Mitchell, Colorado – George R. Mitchell Mitchell, Iowa – John Mitchel (Irish patriot) (note the spelling) Mitchell, Oregon – U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell Mitchell, South Dakota – Alexander Mitchell (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) Mitchellville, Iowa – Thomas Mitchell Moberly, Missouri – Col. William E. Moberly Modesto, California – William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man Moffat, Colorado – David Moffat (president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad) Moira, New York – Earl of Moira Monroe – James Monroe, 12 places in Connecticut – Georgia – Maine – Massachusetts – Michigan – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New York – North Carolina – Ohio