Editing Moscow Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
*'''Moscow''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township along [[U.S. Route 12 in Michigan|U.S. Route 12]] at {{Coord|42|02|58|N|84|30|36|W|}}.<ref>{{GNIS|632741|Moscow, Michigan}}</ref>  It was first settled by Peter Benson in 1831 and by Judge Lyman Blackmar in 1832.  A post office opened on May 7, 1834 under the name Moscow, which was chosen by Alonzo Kies who came here from a community named Moscow in [[Cayuga County, New York]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=381}}</ref>  Moscow uses the 49257 ZIP Code, which is used for [[post office box]] services only and has no physical post office in the community.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Moscow,+MI+49257/@42.0545571,-84.5143247,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883d1697142843c3:0xe470def4bf187b41!8m2!3d42.054559!4d-84.4968151 |title = 49257 ZIP Code map |access-date = December 24, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=UnitedStatesZipCodes.org|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/49257/|title=ZIP Code 49257: Moscow|date=2022|accessdate=December 24, 2022}}</ref>