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Rossburg, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45362. The Survey maps it on the Rossburg quadrangle. 159 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Rossburg within Darke County

Population over time

2 figures

Rossburg fell from 201 to 159 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010201
2020159-42 (-21%)

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rossburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rossburg, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the 1880 county history

786 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Allen Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Allen Township - 786 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 137 shown

Museums hold 137 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rossburg between 1915 and 1964: 131 Animalia, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Athearn, Herbert D., H. Price, H.L. Lewis and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Tilletia laevis J.G.KühnTilletia laevis J.G.Kühn1919not recordedVersailles
Specimen of Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & SwingleUstilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle1919s.n.Versailles
Specimen of Ustilago tritici (Bjerk.) Rostr.Ustilago tritici (Bjerk.) Rostr.1919H.L. LewisVersailles
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 1 mi E
A photograph of the species Contopus virens, not of this specimenContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 3 mi W
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.1 mi. E Ausonia
A photograph of the species Falco sparverius, not of this specimenFalco sparverius sparverius Linnaeus, 17581915Householder, V.Ansonia, 1 mi E
A photograph of the species Geothlypis trichas, not of this specimenGeothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 1 mi. E
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.1 mi. E Ausoria
A photograph of the species Melanerpes erythrocephalus, not of this specimenMelanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.Ansonia, 1 mi E
A photograph of the species Melospiza melodia, not of this specimenMelospiza melodia melodia (A.Wilson, 1810)1915Householder, V.1 mi. E of Ansonia
Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.N/A

All 137 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

7 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Rossburg in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRossburg$10,000Numerous trees were downed throughout the county.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindRossburg$5,000A barn sustained minor siding damage along York Road. Additionally, several power poles were downed.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindRossburg$5,000Strong winds caused roof damage to a barn. Additionally, several power poles were downed.
April 2019FloodRossburg-Several roads were closed due to flooding.
May 2000HailRossburg-Hail as large as baseballs fell across the northern part of the county.
April 2006HailRossburg-no account filed
May 1998HailRossburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Darke County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lightsville4.0 miles12
New Weston4.0 miles12
Brock4.3 miles12
Ansonia4.4 miles11
North Star4.8 miles12
Rose Hill5.1 miles12
Dawn5.3 miles12
Elroy6.3 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on RossburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2312875The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057972. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.