Muskoda is a
ghost town in section 7 of
Hawley Township in
Clay County Clay County is the name of 18 counties in the United States. Most are named for Henry Clay, U.S. Senator and statesman:
* Clay County, Alabama
* Clay County, Arkansas (named for John Clayton, and originally named Clayton County)
* Clay County, Flor ...
,
Minnesota, United States.
History
Muskoda received its name from the
Ojibwa
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
word ''Mashkode'', which according to
Baraga means "a meadow or tract of grassland, a large prairie."
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,
and also at one time had a general store, a grain elevator, and a potato warehouse. Little trace of the town remains today.
Notes
Former populated places in Minnesota
Former populated places in Clay County, Minnesota
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