0ANNETT.1 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 26.7 
Roseburg; town in Douglas County, Oregon, named for Aaron Rose, one of the first 
settlers. 
Rosedale; city in Wyandotte County, Kansas, so named because when located the 
town site was a mass of wild rose bushes. 
Rosita; town in Custer County, Colorado, said to have been so named by the early 
miners because of the thickets of wild roses which surrounded the springs in the 
vicinity. 
Ross; town in Kent County, Michigan, named for Daniel Ross. 
Ross; county in Ohio, named for Hon. James Ross, of Pennsylvania. 
Rossie; town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named for a- sister of David 
Parish, the proprietor. 
Rossville; village in Vermilion County, Illinois, named for its founder. 
Rossville; city in Shawnee County, Kansas, named for W. W. Ross, agent of the 
Pottawatomie Indians. 
Rossville; village in Richmond County, New York, now a part of New York City, 
named for the proprietor of a large tract of land. 
Rossville; town in Fayette County, Tennessee, named for Jon Ross, a Cherokee 
chief. 
Roswell; town in El Paso County, Colorado, named for Roswell P. Flower, of New- 
York. 
Roswell; town in Cobb County, Georgia, named for Roswell King. 
Rothville; town in Chariton County, Missouri, named for John Roth, an early 
settler. 
Rotterdam; town in Schenectady County, New York, named from the city in the 
Netherlands. 
Roubedeau; river in Delta County, and pass in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, 
named for Antoine Roubedeau, a French trader. 
Rough and Ready; town in Nevada County, California, so named by the miners 
of 1849. 
Round. Hill; town in Loudoun County, Virginia, so named because of its location 
near a round foothill of the Blue Ridge. 
Rouse Point; village in Clinton County, New York, named for a resident family. 
Routt; county in Colorado, named for John L. Routt, the last governor of the Ter- 
ritory. 
Rowan; county in Kentucky, named for John Rowan, a distinguished lawyer of the 
State. 
Rowan; county in North Carolina, named for Matthew Rowan, prominent in the 
early politics of the State. 
Rowesville; town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, named for (Jen. William 
Rowe. 
Rowletts; town in Hart County, Kentucky, named for John P. Rowlett. 
Rowley; town in Essex County, Massachusetts, named from the town in England. 
Royal; village in Antelope County, Nebraska, named for Royal Thayer. 
Royal Oak; village in Talbot County, Maryland, so named because of a nearby oak 
into which the British shot a cannon ball in the war of 1812. 
Royalston; town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named for Col. Isaac Royal, 
one of its proprietors. 
Royersford; borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named for a family 
known as Roya, who lived at a ford in the Schuylkill River in that vicinity. 
Rubicon; town in Eldorado County, California, and river in Wisconsin, named from 
the river in Italy. 
Ruby; peak In Colorado, so named on account of its color. 
Rulo; village in Richardson County, Nebraska, named for Charles Rouleau. 
