Editing Roscoe, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Roscoe was originally called Zion.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n543 526]}}</ref> A post office called Zions was established in 1865. The Great Northern Railroad's line through the town was important to its early development, and in 1914 the name was changed to Roscoe after a railroad executive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caldwell |first=Jay|date=2023-09-29 |title=Moonshining, Name Changes; The Colorful Story of Roscoe |url=https://wjon.com/moonshining-name-changes-the-colorful-story-of-roscoe/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=AM 1240 WJON |language=en}}</ref> The surrounding [[Zion Township, Stearns County, Minnesota|Zion Township]] still bears the original name of the town. The city has also grown eastward by annexing part of [[Munson Township, Stearns County, Minnesota|Munson Township]].<ref>[https://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/county/stearns2.pdf Stearns County Map 2]. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Accessed 19 August 2024.</ref>

A church on the site of today's St. Agnes Church, still the dominant feature of the Roscoe skyline, was dedicated on October 18, 1898 to serve the area's predominantly German-Catholic population.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=William Bell |title=History of Stearns County, Minnesota |publisher=H.C. Cooper, Jr., & Co. |year=1915 |volume=1 |location=Chicago |pages=237}}</ref> Roscoe formerly hosted a stop on the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]]'',''<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://streamlinermemories.info/GN/GN37TT.pdf |title=Time Tables Route of the Air-Conditioned Empire Builder |publisher=Great Northern Railway |year=1937 |edition=Spring 1937 |pages=5}}</ref> but the tracks were abandoned in 1988 and subsequently razed.<ref>{{Cite map |title=Cold spring branch |url=https://www.abandonedrails.com/cold-spring-branch}}</ref>

The post office closed in 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Stearns | title=Stearns County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=August 8, 2015}}</ref>