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History · Rosston

Rosston’s post office opened in 1872

Most of Rosston was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1901 on, and the census since 1880.

1872first post office
0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Rosston’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Rosston began

When was Rosston founded?

1872

The Rosston post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 57 in 18802020 census: 272154 years
Founding year: the first Rosston post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rosston’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1986. Watch Rosston change.
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Start Rosston’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rosston’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewCarolina United Methodist Church, Washi…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Rosston on the map, 1901 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Rosston. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Rosston on the 1901 USGS mapRosston on the 1973 USGS mapRosston on the 1986 USGS map1901Gurdon sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rosston.

The story so far

Rosston, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rosston yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Rosston is a town in south-central Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rosston had a population of 272. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 261 to 272 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Rosston, 1872 to 1906

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Rosston post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1906Born hereJerry Dalrymple is born here
By decade

Rosston, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post RoadDate?Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road
Today3 recent
Carolina Methodist Church2016Carolina Methodist ChurchCamden to Washington Road-Rosston Segment2016Camden to Washington Road-Rosston SegmentARMap-doton-Rosston2005ARMap-doton-Rosston
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Carolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road
Retake this viewCarolina United Methodist Church, Washington Post Road

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Rosston’s page.

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People over time

Rosston, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 274

Between 57 and 274 people in every census since 1880.

6 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Rosston’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Rosston’s history

What year was Rosston founded?

The Rosston post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.