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Welcome to Moe ...

Moe is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Moe is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Moe lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Moe: 605

Communities Also Named Moe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Moe - it's located in New Jersey.

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

Communities near Moe ...

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

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 Moe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Moe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Moe. 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 Moe.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Moe ...

Looking for more information about Moe? 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 Moe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Moe.

Adding Moe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Moe in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Moe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Moe post office opened in 1889. The Moe post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Moe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/