Longest place name in the United States
The name Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, is the longest place name in the United States.
Is a lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States. It is located near the Connecticut border and has a surface area of 5.83 km². The lake is also known by the shorter name of Webster Lake, but people prefer Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which is the Native American name for the body of water.
Authorities have indicated that the development of the name to the present long form stems from the time Samuel Slater began his mills near the lake, which was nearer the Manchaug village. Hence the Indian designatio. Chargoggagoggmanchauggagogg meaning “Englishmen at Manchaug,” came into use. Later they added their original Indian descriptive name, and the entire designation becomes “Englishmen at Manchaug at the Fishing Place at the Boundary” or Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
