Ross is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States.

History

Ross was

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ted in July 1882, in Leroy Township's Section 4. It was named in honor of a local farmer. Among the establishments in the community of Ross were the post office (established in 1883), a blacksmith shop, a lumber yard, a general store, a hardware store, and Ross Grain Elevator, now listed on the

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. A railroad depot was completed in 1885. Ross' population was 55 in 1902. By 1915, both Methodist and Lutheran churches operated in Ross.

References

Unincorporated communities in Audubon County, Iowa 1882 establishments in Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa {{AudubonCountyIA-geo-stub