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From Wikipedia’s history of Rossmoyne.
Rossmoyne was originally known as Mill Dale in the 19th century.
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Rossmoyne’s post office opened in 1890, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 29% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1898 on and old-book passages.
1890first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Rossmoyne began
When was Rossmoyne founded?
1890
The Rossmoyne post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 1,788136 years
How historic is Rossmoyne?
C
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 29% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Rossmoyne post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Rossmoyne’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Rossmoyne is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Rossmoyne’s overall grade.
Founding era1890, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194011.3% of homes (±5.3) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 29%
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Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Rossmoyne’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Rossmoyne’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Rossmoyne’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rossmoyne’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.On the map
Rossmoyne on the map, 1898 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Rossmoyne. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1898East Cincinnati sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rossmoyne.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Rossmoyne in 1894
Passages that mention Rossmoyne, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio1894 · page 453Read the page →
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Rossmoyne is ten miles from Cincinnati on the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern railroad. On the west side of the railroad the settlement was originally known as East Sycamore. Here a small grocery store was established by John O. Brown immediately after the close of the war of 1812. Within a few years it passed into the hands of Ebenezer Ferris, who conducted it until his death; he was succeeded b}r his son, Henry C. Ferris, the present proprietor, and it is probable that this store has been conducted by members of the same family longer than any other place of business in the county. East of the railroad the land was principally
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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio1894 · page 453Read the page →
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Rossmoyne is ten miles from Cincinnati on the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern Yailroad. On the west side of the railroad the settlement was originally known as Hast Sycamore. Here a small grocery store was established by John O. Brown immediately after the close of the war of 1812. Within a few years it passed into the hands of Ebenezer Ferris, who conducted it until his death; he was succeeded by his son, Henry C. Ferris, the present proprietor, and it is probable that this atore has been conducted by members of the same family longer than any other place of business in the county. East of the railroad the land was principally
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Rossmoyne’s history
What year was Rossmoyne founded?
The Rossmoyne post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Rossmoyne rank for history?
Rossmoyne is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Rossmoyne?
11% of Rossmoyne’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1948.
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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).
From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.