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Moscow Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota

Coordinates: 43°43′15″N 93°7′37″W / 43.72083°N 93.12694°W / 43.72083; -93.12694
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Moscow Township
Township
Moscow Township is located in Minnesota
Moscow Township
Moscow Township
Location within the state of Minnesota
Moscow Township is located in the United States
Moscow Township
Moscow Township
Moscow Township (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°43′15″N 93°7′37″W / 43.72083°N 93.12694°W / 43.72083; -93.12694
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyFreeborn
Area
 • Total
36.2 sq mi (93.9 km2)
 • Land36.1 sq mi (93.5 km2)
 • Water0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation
1,260 ft (384 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
605
 • Density16.8/sq mi (6.5/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code27-44404[1]
GNIS feature ID0665045[2]

Moscow Township is a township in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 605 at the 2000 census.

Moscow Township was organized in 1858, and named after Moscow, in Russia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 201.
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