Harmonic Triangle towns today and their names: Mecca IN (263, ~98% white, 2020), Mahomet IL (9,434; 89.5% white, 1.1% Black), Morocco IN (1,081; 90% white, 0.3%…

SUMMARYHarmonic Triangle towns today and their names: Mecca IN (263, ~98% white, 2020), Mahomet IL (9,434; 89.5% white, 1.1% Black), Morocco IN (1,081; 90% white, 0.3% Black); no Arab Muslim enclaves (the Midwest's are Chicago area and Dearborn). NAME ORIGINS: Mahomet IL = named after Mahomet Weyonomon, Mohegan sachem who sailed to London in 1735 to petition King George II against colonists taking Mohegan land, died of smallpox in London 1736; Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a memorial at Southwark Cathedral in 2006 (Record); post office used the name by 1838; "Mahomet Masonic Lodge" origin theory disputed (lodge came later). Mecca IN (post office 1888, platted 1890): two local stories, Near Eastern tile-mill workers in the 1890s or Arab horse trainers in the 1880s; Deutsch: "we will probably never know" (Open). Morocco IN (1851): a traveler's red Moroccan boots (local account). Deutsch: no local-legend links to the Tribe of Ishmael; "romantic Orientalism" (status quo). Lens: Mahomet = a Native leader petitioning the Crown over land (Islam+Native crossover in a name; H1 Protector Crown in action, 1735) = strong receipt; triangle as Native/Moorish memory = Open.