Moscow, Iowa

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Moscow, Iowa |settlement_type = Census-designated place |image_skyline = MoscowIAPostOffice.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Moscow Post Office |pushpin_map = Iowa#USA |pushpin_label = Moscow |pushpin_label_position = left  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Iowa |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Muscatine  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title =  |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date =  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Iowa |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_19.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 1, 2023}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 3.28 |area_land_km2 = 3.08 |area_water_km2 = 0.20 |area_total_sq_mi = 1.26 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.19 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.07  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1954345&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Moscow CDP, Iowa: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref> |population_total = 290 |population_density_km2 = 94.12 |population_density_sq_mi = 243.70  |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 653 |coordinates = {{coord|41|34|21|N|91|04|55|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}  |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 52760 |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 19-54345 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2806529<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2806529}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Moscow''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 290.<ref name="Census 2020"/> It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 52760,<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=52760 Zip Code Lookup]</ref> which opened on May 1, 1837.<ref>{{gnis|2000454|Moscow Post Office}}</ref> The community is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.

==History== Moscow was laid out in 1836 by Henry Webster and Dr. Charles Drury.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historymuscatin00compgoog | title=History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time | publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Richman, Irving Berdine | year=1911 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historymuscatin00compgoog/page/n283 215]}}</ref> Moscow experienced rapid growth with the arrival of the railroad in 1855.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historymuscatin00compgoog | title=History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time | publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Richman, Irving Berdine | year=1911 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historymuscatin00compgoog/page/n288 218]}}</ref>

The population was 153 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=307 |language=en}}</ref> thumb|right|Moscow city park ==Geography== Moscow is in northern Muscatine County, along local roads just north of U.S. Route 6, {{convert|12|mi}} north of the city of Muscatine, the county seat.<ref>Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '08.'' Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 39.</ref> Davenport is {{convert|29|mi}} to the east, and Iowa City is {{convert|26|mi}} to the west-northwest. The Iowa Interstate Railroad operates an estimated one to three trains per day through the town.

Moscow lies on the east side of the Cedar River at an elevation of {{convert|653|ft}}.<ref name="gnis" /> According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.27|sqmi|2}}, of which {{convert|1.19|sqmi|2}} are land and {{convert|0.08|sqmi|2}}, or 5.93%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Hinkeyville is a small unincorporated community located across the Cedar River from Moscow. It is primarily a residential area; however, Wendling Quarries has their main facility just south of the community.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 290 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }} ===2020 census=== As of the census of 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/2020-census-main.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> there were 290 people, 119 households, and 93 families residing in the community. The population density was 243.8 inhabitants per square mile (94.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 122 housing units at an average density of 102.6 per square mile (39.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the community was 96.9% White, 0.7% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.0% from other races and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 0.7% of the population.

Of the 119 households, 31.1% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were married couples living together, 7.6% were cohabitating couples, 15.1% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 16.0% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 21.8% of all households were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals, 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the community was 50.8 years. 22.8% of the residents were under the age of 20; 0.7% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 20.7% were from 25 and 44; 33.1% were from 45 and 64; and 22.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 63.1% male and 36.9% female.

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Category:Census-designated places in Muscatine County, Iowa Category:Census-designated places in Iowa Category:Unincorporated communities in Muscatine County, Iowa Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa Category:Muscatine micropolitan area Category:1836 establishments in Michigan Territory