Rousseau, Iowa
Before a steel bridge was built in the late 1800s, Rousseau served as a ferry crossing. The Rousseau post office operated from 1873-1903.
About this community
- Dam
- Red Rock Dam
- River
- Des Moines River
- Established
- 1850
- Inundated
- 1969
Sources
- History Buffs of Marion County, "The Lost Towns Under Lake Red Rock."