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Welcome to Moscow Mills ...

Moscow Mills is located in Morgan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moscow Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for Moscow Mills: Moscow Mls. (or less commonly used: Moscow Mlls.)

Moscow Mills is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Moscow Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Moscow Mills: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Moscow Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Moscow Mills - they are located in Maryland and Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moscow Mills.

Communities near Moscow Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Moscow Mills.

  • Marietta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamstown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McConnelsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Caldwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Beverly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Malta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Lowell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stockport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cumberland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Chesterhill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Moscow Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Moscow Mills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Moscow Mills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moscow Mills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Moscow Mills. See our Newspapers Page for Moscow Mills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Moscow Mills ...

Looking for more information about Moscow Mills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Moscow Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Moscow Mills.

Adding Moscow Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Moscow Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Moscow Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Moscow Mills post office opened in 1837. The Moscow Mills post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moscow Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Moscow Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Moscow Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Moscow Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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