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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Rossville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Rossville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rossville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rossville data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rossville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rossville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Rossville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Rossville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Rossville. See our Misc Page for Rossville for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Rossville:

Rossville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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