Moscow, Texas

Moscow is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States. As of the year 2000, the community had approximately 170 residents.

Geography

Moscow is at the junction of U.S. Highway 59 and Farm to Market Road 350, ninety miles north of Houston in central Polk County.

History

The community was named for the distant city of Moscow, Russia, after postal authorities refused to accept the townspeople's first choice, there being another post office in the state with a similar name.^[1]

Moscow was a flourishing town at one time with saloons, hotels and mule-drawn street cars.

Education

Moscow is served by Corrigan-Camden Independent School District.

References

↑ Ryan Jack (Sep 16, 1956). "What's in a (Town's) Name?". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 28. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

External links

Moscow, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Texas, United States

County seat: Livingston

Cities	Goodrich Onalaska Seven Oaks

Towns	Corrigan Livingston

CDPs	Big Thicket Lake Estates‡ Cedar Point Indian Springs Pleasant Hill West Livingston

Other unincorporated communities	Ace Barnum Blanchard Camden Dallardsville East Tempe Leggett Moscow

Ghost town	Laurelia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 30°54′48″N 94°49′31″W / 30.91333°N 94.82528°W / 30.91333; -94.82528

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