Welcome to Rose Valley ...
So far, we found very little information about Rose Valley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rose Valley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Rose Valley - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Rose Valley, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Rose Valley , we believe that it would have been located within present day Stafford County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rose Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.
A typical abbreviation for Rose Valley: Rose Vly. (or less commonly used: Rose Vally. or Rose Vlly.)
Rose Valley would have been located in the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Rose Valley ...
While we believe that this Rose Valley is located in Stafford County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Rose Valley. Those communities are located in the following counties: Osborne and Pratt County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 11 communities that are also named Rose Valley - they are located in Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Tennessee and Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rose Valley.
Adding Rose Valley to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Rose Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Rose Valley post office opened in 1879.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rose Valley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Stafford County: www.staffordcounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 Rose Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Stafford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |