Ross, Iowa

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Ross, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Ross, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°46′27″N94°55′08″W / 41.77417°N 94.91889°W / 41.77417; -94.91889
Country United States
State Iowa
Counties Audubon
Elevation
1,394 ft (425 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
50025
Area code 712
FIPS code 19-68835
GNIS feature ID0460813

Ross is an unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States. [1]

History

Ross appears on the 1903 Rand McNally State of Iowa map. Audubon County, Iowa 1903.png
Ross appears on the 1903 Rand McNally State of Iowa map.

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]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ross, Iowa
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Henry Franklin Andrews (1915). History of Audubon County, Iowa: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Brookhaven Press. p. 288. ISBN   9781581032413.
  4. ↑ History of the origin of the place names in nine Northwestern states. 1908. p. 120.
  5. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.


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