Rossville, Iowa
Rossville is an unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.
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Rossville Station in Allamakee County, Iowa, in 1903
History
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Rossville was platted in 1855. It is named for William F. Ross, said to be the first settler on the townsite in 1850. By the 1880s, Rossville contained three churches, a schoolhouse, hotel, and two stores.
Notes
- ^ "Rossville, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Hancock, Ellery M. (1913). Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 258.
- ^ Alexander, W. E. (1882). History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa. Western Publishing Company. pp. 399.