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Why are there so many US towns called Moscow?

Boston Calling

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There’s a theory in Moscow, Indiana, that the town got its name because it was a place where an old woman lost her cow, Ma’s cow. Or maybe there was moss there that cows liked to eat? Moss cow. The truth is more interesting. I (Image: A road sign in Moscow, Ohio in 1987. Credit Courtesy Ren Vasilyev)

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