Moscow, Lamar County, Alabama

Not to be confused with Moscow, Marengo County, Alabama.

Moscow, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°52′11″N88°06′10″W / 33.86972°N 88.10278°W / 33.86972; -88.10278
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lamar
Elevation	413 ft (126 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	205, 659
GNIS feature ID	123100 [1]

Moscow is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Alabama, United States, located southeast of Sulligent.

History

A post office operated under the name Moscow from 1826 to 1923. ^[2]

Notable people

• John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator from 1907 to 1920. ^[3]
• John H. Bankhead II, United States Senator from 1931 to 1946. Son of John Bankhead. ^[3]
• William B. Bankhead, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1940. Served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940. ^[3]

References

1. "Moscow". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Lamar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
3. United States. Congress; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing (1950). Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States from the First to the Eightieth Congress, March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949, Inclusive. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 811.