Muskoda, Minnesota

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, United States Department of the Interior.
  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.

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