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Welcome to Rosewood ...

Rosewood is located in Harrison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rosewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Rosewood is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rosewood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Rosewood (for example, toward Cannelton), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Rosewood: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Rosewood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Rosewood - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina (4), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rosewood.

Communities near Rosewood ...

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

  • Louisville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jeffersonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • New Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Radcliff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Radcliff is located in Hardin County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radcliff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,923 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Radcliff <4>
  • Shively
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Shively is located in Jefferson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shively
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,690 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shively <4>
  • Shepherdsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hillview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hillview is located in Bullitt County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
  • Vine Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Corydon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Rosewood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rosewood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rosewood. 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 Rosewood.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rosewood ...

Looking for more information about Rosewood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rosewood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rosewood.

Adding Rosewood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rosewood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Rosewood post office opened in 1854. The Rosewood post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rosewood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Harrison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rosewood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Rosewood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Rosewood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/