Do you know of Rossville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rossville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Rossville.<1>
Our sources for Rossville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rossville other than they indicate that Rossville would be found somewhere in York County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1817.
Communities Also Named Rossville ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Rossville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Rossville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rossville [Walker County].
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rossville [Vermilion County].
- Indiana
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rossville [Clinton County].
- Iowa
- Allamakee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rossville [Allamakee County].
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rossville [Crawford County].
- Shawnee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rossville [Shawnee County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Rossville.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Rossville [Baltimore County].
- Missouri
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rossville [Butler County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Rossville.
- New York
- Ohio
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rossville [Butler County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rossville [Knox County].
- Miami County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rossville [Miami County].
- Oklahoma
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Rossville [Lincoln County].
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rossville [Chester County].
- Tennessee
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rossville [Fayette County].
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rossville [Hamilton County].
- Texas
- Atascosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rossville [Atascosa County].
- Georgia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rossville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rossville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rossville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Rossville.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/66360 (Place Name: Rossville)
County: York (FIPS State/County: 42/133)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Rossville) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in York County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in York County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Rossville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |