Maushantuxet

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · CONNECTICUT

A historical populated place in Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Maushantuxet
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Connecticut
County: Southeastern Connecticut County
USGS Map: Uncasville
Coordinates: 41.4398205, -72.0150755
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GNIS Feature ID: 1931180

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Formerly located at Ledyard.

GNIS historical note

Pequot settlement

Also recorded as

Mashantucket
Maushantuxet
Musshuntucksett

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1931180. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Text Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Bulletin 30 - Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 1 published in 1907, part 2 published in 1910. Use either code US-T142/B30/PT1/1907/p# or US-T142/B30/PT2/1910/p#.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.