Do you know of Rose Hill ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rose Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Rose Hill.
Our sources for Rose Hill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rose Hill other than they indicate that Rose Hill would be found somewhere in Mercer County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1870 and closed in 1972.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Rose Hill ...
We found 54 communities that share the name Rose Hill.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Rose Hill.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 53 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 53 communities, 53 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rose Hill [Carter County].
- Carter County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Covington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rose Hill [Covington County].
- Elmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rose Hill [Elmore County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rose Hill [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Rose Hill [Los Angeles County].
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rose Hill [Chatham County].
- Muscogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rose Hill [Muscogee County].
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rose Hill [Oconee County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rose Hill [Pike County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rose Hill [Cook County].
- DuPage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rose Hill [DuPage County].
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rose Hill [Jasper County].
- Iowa
- Mahaska County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rose Hill [Mahaska County].
- Kansas
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rose Hill [Butler County].
- Neosho County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rose Hill [Neosho County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Rose Hill [Calvert County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rose Hill [Johnson County].
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rose Hill [Saint Louis County].
- Montana
- Valley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Rose Hill [Valley County].
- New York
- New York County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rose Hill [New York County].
- Onondaga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rose Hill [Onondaga County].
- Seneca County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rose Hill [Seneca County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Rose Hill.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rose Hill [Aiken County].
- Beaufort County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rose Hill [Beaufort County].
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rose Hill [Florence County].
- Georgetown County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rose Hill [Georgetown County].
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rose Hill [Lee County].
- Tennessee
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rose Hill [Madison County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rose Hill [Montgomery County].
- Unicoi County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rose Hill [Unicoi County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rose Hill [Union County].
- Texas
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rose Hill [Dallas County].
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rose Hill [Harris County].
- San Jacinto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rose Hill [San Jacinto County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rose Hill [Albemarle County].
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rose Hill [Fairfax County].
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rose Hill [Lee County].
- Prince William County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rose Hill [Prince William County].
- Rappahannock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rose Hill [Rappahannock County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Rose Hill [King County].
- West Virginia
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Rose Hill [Jefferson County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rose Hill ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rose Hill:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rose Hill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Rose Hill.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 21/66720 (Place Name: Rose Hill)
County: Mercer (FIPS State/County: 21/167)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Rose Hill) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Mercer County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Mercer County.
| Alford | |
| Pleasant Hill | |
| Bac | Pleasanthill |
| Bestonia | |
| Brown | Shawnee Run |
| Curry | Tom |
| Harrodsburgh Junction | Verchamp |
| Nevins | Warwick |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Rose Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |