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Welcome to Rosy ...

Rosy is located in Itasca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rosy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Rosy is 1,350 feet [411 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rosy: 218

Communities near Rosy ...

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

  • Blackduck
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tenstrike
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Northome
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Squaw Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mizpah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mizpah is located in Koochiching County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Funkley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Funkley is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • Max
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Dora Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dora Lake is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Lake
  • Pennington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hines
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rosy ...

Looking for more information about Rosy? 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 Rosy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rosy.

Adding Rosy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rosy 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 Rosy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rosy post office opened in 1901. The Rosy post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rosy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Itasca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rosy - 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/