Mongo is an

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in Springfield Township, LaGrange County,

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. The population in 2010 was 105.

History

Mongo was originally called Mongoquinong, and under the latter name was laid out in 1840. 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 , meaning 'in the Loon Land'. The John O'Ferrell Store was listed in the

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in 1975.

Geography

Mongo is the site of "The Olde Store" (aka "John O'Ferrell Store" or the "Mongo Trading Post"), on the

References

Unincorporated communities in LaGrange County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{LaGrangeCountyIN-geo-stub