Editing New Ross, Indiana (section)

==History==
In 1836–37 a post office was established in Walnut Township at the home of postmaster George Dorsey, and called the New Ross Post Office. New Ross, then called Valley City, was platted by John Browning in 1855.<ref>''History of Montgomery County, Indiana : with personal sketches of representative citizens''. pg 504</ref> In about 1868, the post office was moved to Valley City and the name of the city was changed to New Ross to match the post office name. New Ross was incorporated in May 1870.<ref name=Hist>''History of Montgomery County, Indiana''. Indianapolis : A.W. Bowen & Co., 1913 pgs 264, 444</ref>

In 1874, a [[Methodism|Methodist]] church was built in New Ross. It was named Brown Chapel after Rev. Thomas J. Brown, who first preached there.<ref name="Hist"/>

In an early map from 1864, the area now known as New Ross was called "Mace". Mace disappeared from later maps.<ref name="Gronert">Gronert, Theodore G., ''Sugar Creek Saga: A History and Development of Montgomery County'', Wabash College, 1958. Pg 62</ref> (Note that [[Mace, Indiana|Mace]] is an unincorporated area northwest of New Ross on [[U.S. Route 136]].)