Moscow, West Virginia

Moscow
Unincorporated community
Moscow Show map of West Virginia Moscow Show map of the US Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 40°32′44″N 80°37′56″W / 40.54556°N 80.63222°W / 40.54556; -80.63222Coordinates: 40°32′44″N 80°37′56″W / 40.54556°N 80.63222°W / 40.54556; -80.63222
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hancock
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1549834^[1]

Moscow is an unincorporated community on the Ohio River along West Virginia Route 2 in Hancock County, West Virginia.

An early variant name was New Lexington.^[2]

See also

List of cities and towns along the Ohio River

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moscow, West Virginia
↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 429.

Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: New Cumberland

Cities	Chester New Cumberland Weirton‡

CDP	Newell

Unincorporated communities	Arroyo Blackhorse Braithewaite Chelsea Chestnut Hill Congo Fairhaven Holidays Cove Kings Creek Lawrenceville Lennyville Marland Heights Moscow New Manchester Pleasant Valley Sun Valley Turkeyfoot Vermont Terrace Weircrest Weirton Heights Zalia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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