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History · Moscow

Moscow’s post office opened in 1828

Most of Moscow was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1880.

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How Moscow began

When was Moscow founded?

1828

The Moscow post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 193 in 18802020 census: 572198 years
Founding year: the first Moscow post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moscow’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Moscow.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moscow’s history is told.

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The story so far

Moscow, in brief

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

Moscow ( MOS-koh) is a city in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 572 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Moscow, Russia, by its founder J. A. Dilliard to honor his wife Alexandra, a native of the Russian city, whom he met on a business trip to Russia in 1834. Moscow, Tennessee maintained close relations with Russia in the years leading to the Civil War, which led to Dilliard’s niece, Lucy Pickens born in La Grange, Tennessee, along with her husband serving as the US ambassador to Russia then after secession serving as Confederate representative to the Russian Emperor during the Civil War. Moscow is also known as the “Land Between Two Rivers,” due to its l…

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 556 to 572 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Moscow, decade by decade

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On the map

Moscow on the map, 1949 to 1965

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

Moscow on the 1949 USGS mapMoscow on the 1965 USGS map1949Moscow sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Moscow, census by census

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Grew from 193 people in 1880 to 572 in 2020.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Moscow’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Moscow’s post office has been open since 1828.

Gone or out of use
Moscow Schoolschool

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

Questions about Moscow’s history

What year was Moscow founded?

The Moscow post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (14), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.