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Welcome to Rosewood ...

Rosewood is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rosewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Rosewood is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rosewood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rosewood: 218

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), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, 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.

  • Thief River Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Newfolden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Newfolden is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfolden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
  • Middle River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Saint Hilaire
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Viking
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Viking is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Holt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Holt is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Dorothy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
  • Euclid
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Red Lake Falls
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Strandquist
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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.<4>

From that list, the Rosewood post office opened in 1912. The Rosewood post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rosewood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Marshall, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/