Do you know of Moscow ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Moscow. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Moscow.
We found mention of Moscow as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marion County, Alabama.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1833 and closed in 1874.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Moscow ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Moscow.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Moscow.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 32 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Moscow [Jefferson County].
- California
- Idaho
- Latah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Moscow [Latah County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Rush County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Moscow [Rush County].
- Iowa
- Muscatine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Moscow [Muscatine County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Hickman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Moscow [Hickman County].
- Pendleton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Moscow [Pendleton County].
- Maine
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Moscow [Somerset County].
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Moscow [Allegany County].
- Michigan
- Hillsdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Moscow [Hillsdale County].
- Minnesota
- Freeborn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Moscow [Freeborn County].
- Mississippi
- Kemper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Moscow [Kemper County].
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Woodward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Moscow [Woodward County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Moscow.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Moscow [Lackawanna County].
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Moscow [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Moscow [Fayette County].
- Texas
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Moscow [Polk County].
- Vermont
- Lamoille County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Moscow [Lamoille County].
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Moscow [Augusta County].
- West Virginia
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Moscow [Hancock County].
- Wisconsin
- Iowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Moscow [Iowa County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Moscow ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Moscow:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Marion County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Moscow could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |