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Muscotah is a city in Grasshopper Township, Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 155. Muscotah was named after the Kickapoo Native American word for "prairie". == History == Muscotah was platted in 1857. The original location of the town was about two and a half miles northeast of the current location of the town. Soon after the town was founded in its original location, it was determined that the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad line would pass just to the south, so a new town was built on the railroad line near the Delaware River. In 2013, the former water tower tank was converted into the World's Largest Baseball Sculpture in memory of Joe Tinker. == Geography == According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2), all land. == Demographics == === 2020 census === The 2020 United States census counted 155 people, 58 households, and 40 families in Muscotah. The population density was 465.5 per square mile (179.7/km2).