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Do you know of Moscow Mills ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Moscow Mills. 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 Mills.<1>

Our sources for Moscow Mills (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Moscow Mills other than they indicate that Moscow Mills would be found somewhere in Allegany County, Maryland.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1918.

Communities Also Named Moscow Mills ...

We found two communities that share the name Moscow Mills.

Within Maryland, the name Moscow Mills is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Moscow Mills [Lincoln County].
    • Ohio
      • Morgan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Moscow Mills [Morgan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Moscow Mills ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Moscow Mills:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Moscow Mills - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Allegany County ...

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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 Allegany County.

AldertonLoartown
AlleganyLonaconing Junction
 Long
BarrellvilleLord
BiggsLower Homewood
Boetcherville 
Borden YardMapleside
 Midland Junction
Cabin RunMill Run
Colonial HeightsMorgantown
Corriganville - EllerslieMorrison
CresapsburgMullan
Cresaptown - Bel Air 
Cumberland CanalNeri
Cumberland River 
 Orleans
East Lonaconing 
EckhartPamosa
ElbowPatterson's
 Pekin
FairgoPoland
FinksburgPrattsville
Foundry Siding 
FrankvilleRock Cut
  
Georges Creek JunctionSangrun
GerstellSchaidt
GilpenSeiss Grove
GilpintownSheridan
GrossSiebert
 Slider's
HeinvilleSnufftown
House's CutState Line
 Stone Siding
Jackson JunctionSummit
JacksonSummitville
Jennon's Run 
JonasvilleTannery
  
Kings GroveUpper Homewood
Knapps Meadow 
 Wills Creek
La Vale - Narrows Park 
LaffertyYough Glades
Lanoconing 

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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