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

Moscow
Unincorporated area
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Coordinates: 30°54′47.69″N 94°49′30.75″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Polk
Named for	Moscow, Russia
Population  (2000)
• Total	170
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

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 Greensboro, after the founder David Green.[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.

Notable people

• William P. Hobby, publisher of the Houston Post and the 27th Governor of the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1921.

References

External links

• Moscow, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

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