Ross, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Ross, Iowa is located in Iowa
Ross, Iowa
Ross, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°46′27″N 94°55′08″W / 41.77417°N 94.91889°W / 41.77417; -94.91889
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountiesAudubon
Elevation
1,394 ft (425 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
50025
Area code712
FIPS code19-68835
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.

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

  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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