Rossville, Oklahoma
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Rossville is a community in Lincoln County,
Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, United States, on US Highway 177. The community had a post office from October 7, 1895, until February 15, 1907. Per ''Oklahoma Place Names'' it was named for Ross Thomas, a local resident. The community consists of a store, a church, and several residential dwellings. The Rossville School was one mile south of the community and the Rossville cemetery is one mile south and a half-mile west of the community. Many of the buildings (including the store) were relocated back from the right-of-way when US 177 was constructed during the 1960s.


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*Shirk, George H.; ''Oklahoma Place Names''; University of Oklahoma Press; Norman, Oklahoma; 1987: . Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub