Muskoda, Minnesota

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Muskoda is a ghost town in section 7 of Hawley Township in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. [1]

History

Muskoda received its name from the Ojibwa word Mashkode, which according to Baraga means "a meadow or tract of grassland, a large prairie." [2] The townsite was originally on a line of the Northern Pacific Railroad until that railroad moved its line to a more gradual grade in 1909, leaving Muskoda about one half mile off the new line. The town had a post office from 1873 until 1930, [3] and also at one time had a general store, a grain elevator, and a potato warehouse. Little trace of the town remains today.

Notes

  1. "Muskoda, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 123. ISBN   0-87351-396-7.
  3. "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

Coordinates: 46°51′42″N96°24′24″W / 46.86167°N 96.40667°W / 46.86167; -96.40667


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