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Welcome to Ross ...

So far, we found very little information about Ross. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ross to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ross, please Contact Us.

Ross would have been located within present day King County<2>.


The location of Ross has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Ross, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ross is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Ross was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Ross ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Ross - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Delaware, Georgia (3), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Manitoba, Michigan (2), Minnesota (4), Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, North Dakota (2), Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ross.

Communities near Ross ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ross.

  • Seattle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellevue
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kent
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <5>
  • Renton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kirkland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Redmond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Sammamish
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Shoreline
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Burien
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bothell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ross. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ross.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ross. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ross.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ross. See our Newspapers Page for Ross.

Adding Ross to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ross in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ross was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ross post office opened in 1888.

We also found Ross in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ross.

The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ross, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ross - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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