Ross, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
41°46′27″N 94°55′08″W / 41.77417°N 94.91889°W / 41.77417; -94.9188950025
Ross is an unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States.[1]
History
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Ross was platted in July 1882,[2] in Leroy Township's Section 4.[3] It was named in honor of a local farmer.[4]
Among the establishments in the community of Ross were the post office (established in 1883),[3] a blacksmith shop, a lumber yard, a general store, a hardware store, and Ross Grain Elevator, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A railroad depot was completed in 1885.[3]
Ross' population was 55 in 1902.[5] By 1915, both Methodist and Lutheran churches operated in Ross.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ross, Iowa
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 120.
- ^ a b c d Henry Franklin Andrews (1915). History of Audubon County, Iowa: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Brookhaven Press. p. 288. ISBN 9781581032413.
- ^ History of the origin of the place names in nine Northwestern states. 1908. p. 120.
- ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
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