Rossville is an unincorporated community in eastern Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] 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.[2]

The community was named after Mrs. Ross, an early citizen.[3] It is situated at an elevation of 322 feet (98 m).[1]

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rossville, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 67, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Hulston, John K., and James W. Goodrich. "John Trousdale Coffee: Lawyer, Politician, Confederate." Missouri Historical Review 77, no. 3 (April 1983): 276.


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