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Welcome to Sub Rosa ...

So far, we found very little information about Sub Rosa. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sub Rosa to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sub Rosa, please Contact Us.


Sub Rosa would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sub Rosa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sub Rosa is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Sub Rosa was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Sub Rosa was located: 479

Communities near Sub Rosa ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sub Rosa.

  • Alma
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Alma is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <4>
  • Booneville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ozark
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ozark is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,626 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <4>
  • Paris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Charleston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lavaca
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lavaca is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavaca <4>
  • Mulberry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kibler
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Kibler is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
  • Coal Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Dyer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyer is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sub Rosa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sub Rosa.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sub Rosa. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sub Rosa.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sub Rosa. See our Newspapers Page for Sub Rosa.

Adding Sub Rosa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sub Rosa in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sub Rosa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sub Rosa post office opened in 1853. The Sub Rosa post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sub Rosa.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sub Rosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sub Rosa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/