Ross, Iowa
Ross is an unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States.
Ross appears on the 1903 Rand McNally State of Iowa map.
History
Ross was platted in July 1882, in Leroy Township's Section 4. It was named in honor of a local farmer.
Among the establishments in the community of Ross were the post office (established in 1883), 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.
Ross' population was 55 in 1902. By 1915, both Methodist and Lutheran churches operated in Ross.
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.
- ^ 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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