Rossville, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Rossville
Elevation Ft:322
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Subdivision Name2:Butler
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Pushpin Map:Missouri
Coordinates:36.7331°N -90.2464°W

Rossville is an unincorporated community in eastern Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located on Missouri Route 51 between Batesville to the south and Fisk to the north. It is approximately 7.5 miles east of Poplar Bluff.[1]

The community was named after Mrs. Ross, an early citizen.[2] It is situated at an elevation of 322feet.

During Shelby's Raid in 1863, Joseph O. Shelby sent a detachment of scouts to Clarksville, Dardanelle, and Ozark in Arkansas to spot Federal troops.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 67,
  2. Web site: Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 6 September 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html. 24 June 2016.
  3. Hulston, John K., and James W. Goodrich. "John Trousdale Coffee: Lawyer, Politician, Confederate." Missouri Historical Review 77, no. 3 (April 1983): 276.