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History · Moscow Township

Moscow Township’s post office opened in 1894

Below: maps from 1970 on.

1894first post office
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How Moscow Township began

When was Moscow Township founded?

1894

The Moscow Township post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Moscow (1894) and Rosehill (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 13132 years
Founding year: the first Moscow Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moscow Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Moscow Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Moscow Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moscow Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Moscow
1894–1903
Rosehill
1900–1909
18901960today
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moscow Township
North Unity MennoniteOur SaviorsRosehill Mennonite Brethren

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Moscow Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moscow Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 17 to 13 (-24%).

Timeline

Moscow Township, 1894 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Moscow post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Rosehill post office opens
  5. 1903Post officeThe Moscow post office closes
  6. 1909Post officeThe Rosehill post office closes
  7. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Moscow Township on the map, 1970 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Moscow Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Moscow Township on the 1970 USGS mapMoscow Township on the 1985 USGS map1970Hannah SW sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Moscow Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Gordon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinto TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHenderson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaterloo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Moscow Township’s history

What year was Moscow Township founded?

The Moscow Township post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.