Rossville is a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,980 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area.
History
A post office has been in operation at Rossville since 1817. The city was named after Cherokee Indian Chief John Ross, who resided there until being forced to relocate with his people to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. The city incorporated in 1905.
The John Ross House, a log cabin, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Rossville is a suburb of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the cities are separated by the Tennessee/Georgia state line. The city lies in a broad valley between Missionary Ridge to the east and Lookout Mountain to the west. Fort Oglethorpe and the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park lie across Missionary Ridge to the southeast. U.S. Route 27 connects Rossville to Chattanooga and Fort Oglethorpe.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Rossville had a population of 3,980. The median age was 37.9 years. 23.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.7% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.1 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,630 households and 1,051 families in Rossville, of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Among family households, 33.9% were married-couple households, 22.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|White (non-Hispanic)
|3,006
|75.53%
|-
|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|532
|13.37%
|-
|Native American
|18
|0.45%
|-
|Asian
|17
|0.43%
|-
|Pacific Islander
|3
|0.08%
|-
|Other/mixed
|179
|4.5%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|225
|5.65%
|}
2010 census
As of the census