Rosston, Indiana
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Rosston, Indiana
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|image_caption = A building in Rosston
|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Boone County.svg
|map_caption = Boone County's location in Indiana
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|pushpin_map = USA Indiana Boone County
|pushpin_label = Rosston
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Boone County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Boone
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Union
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|coordinates = {{coord|40|02|55|N|86|17|21|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
|elevation_ft = 932
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 46077
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|blank_info = 18-66114{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:442327 442327]
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Rosston is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Boone County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|442327}} | title = Rosston, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = March 6, 2020}}
History
A post office was established at Rosston in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Boone&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Boone County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 August 2014}} Ross was the name of the original owners of the townsite.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/287 287]|quote=The village was named for the Ross brothers...}}
Geography
Rosston is located at {{coord|40|02|55|N|86|17|21|W|type:city}}.
References
{{Boone County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Boone County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Indianapolis metropolitan area
Category:Populated places established in 1886
Category:1886 establishments in Indiana
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