Editing Moscow, Ohio (section)

==History==
Moscow was [[plat]]ted in 1816.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thwaites|first=Reuben Gold|title=Early Western Travels, 1748-1846|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbsSenhWDfgC&pg=PA155|date=December 20, 2007|publisher=Reprint Services Corporation|isbn=978-0-7812-6455-6|page=155}}</ref> The name may have been given to the town by French immigrants who were veterans of Napoleon's [[Battle of Borodino|siege of Moscow]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bnYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 | title=120 Waterfall Hikes Around Cincinnati Ohio | publisher=Lulu.com | accessdate=November 27, 2013 | author=Karle, Tina | year=2010 | pages=17| isbn=9780557378647 }}</ref> A post office called Moscow has been in operation since 1826.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Clermont | title=Clermont County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=January 16, 2016}}</ref>

[[William J. Bulow]], a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[South Dakota]] and [[Governor of South Dakota]], was born in Moscow in 1869 and attended local schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor W. J. Bulow |url=https://www.trailofgovernors.com/governor-w-j-bulow/ |website=Trail of Governors |publisher=Trail of Governors Foundation |access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref>

On March 2, 2012, [[Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012|a tornado]] destroyed over 80% of the town and caused three deaths, as multiple tornadoes ripped through Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/One-Death-Reported-in-Moscow-Damage-Widespread-in/uWHoHPkWA0yU3t9fZ2zzQg.cspx |title=One Death Reported in Moscow, Damage Widespread in Clermont County - :: Cincinnati news story :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati |accessdate=March 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304145253/http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/One-Death-Reported-in-Moscow-Damage-Widespread-in/uWHoHPkWA0yU3t9fZ2zzQg.cspx |archivedate=March 4, 2012 }}</ref>