Moscow, Licking County, Ohio
{{Short description|Ghost town in Ohio, United States}}
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Moscow is a ghost town in Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1063839|name=Moscow (historical)}} Located 39°57'40.0"N 82°27'50.6"W, on the US 40, at the intersection of Mill Dam Rd. {{Cite web |date=2018-08-26 |title=Licking County |url=https://ohioghosttowns.org/licking-county/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. |language=en}}
History
Moscow was laid out in 1830{{cite book|last=Brister|first=Edwin M. P.|title=Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNUyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA249|year=1909|publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|page=249}} by Daniel and William Green{{Cite web |date=2018-08-26 |title=Licking County |url=https://ohioghosttowns.org/licking-county/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. |language=en}} after erecting a mill on the south fork of the Licking River.https://www.lickingtwplc.gov/documents/history/GhostTowns.pdf It was mentioned in the 1866 Licking County atlas,{{Cite web |last=Historic Map Works LLC. |title=Union Township, Luray, Moscow, Hebron, Atlas: Licking County 1866, Ohio Historical Map |url=https://historicmapworks.com/Map/US/175259/Union+Township++Luray++Moscow++Hebron/Licking+County+1866/Ohio/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190121095531/http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/175259/Union+Township++Luray++Moscow++Hebron/Licking+County+1866/Ohio/ |archive-date=2019-01-21 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=historicmapworks.com}} and described in the 1881 Licking County Ohio history book as "nearly passed away".{{Cite book |last=N. N. Hill |first=Jr |url=https://archive.org/details/oh-licking-1881-graham/page/n7/mode/2up |title=History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present |date=1881 |language=English}}
References
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Category:Geography of Licking County, Ohio
Category:1830 establishments in Ohio
Category:Populated places established in 1830
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