Muskoda, Minnesota

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

History

Muskoda received its name from the Ojibwa word Mashkode, which according to Baraga means "a meadow or tract of grassland, a large prairie."^[1] The townsite was originally on a line of the Northern Pacific Railroad until that railroad moved its line to a more gradual grade, leaving Muskoda about one half mile off the new line. The town had a post office from 1873 until 1930,^[2] 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. ↑ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 123. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. 
2. ↑ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 April 2015. 

Municipalities and communities of Clay County, Minnesota, United States County seat: Moorhead Cities Barnesville Comstock Dilworth Felton Georgetown Glyndon Hawley Hitterdal Moorhead Sabin Ulen Townships Alliance Barnesville Cromwell Eglon Elkton Elmwood Felton Flowing Georgetown Glyndon Goose Prairie Hagen Hawley Highland Grove Holy Cross Humboldt Keene Kragnes Kurtz Moland Moorhead Morken Oakport Parke Riverton Skree Spring Prairie Tansem Ulen Viding CDPs Baker Oakport Unincorporated communities Averill Downer Finkle Rollag Rustad Ghost towns Dale Muskoda Winnipeg Junction

Coordinates: 46°51′42″N 96°24′24″W / 46.86167°N 96.40667°W / 46.86167; -96.40667