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Welcome to Roseville ...

Roseville is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Roseville is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roseville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Roseville is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Roseville: 417

Communities Also Named Roseville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Roseville - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (4), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Roseville ...

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

  • Springfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Nixa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Republic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Battlefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Willard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rogersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Clever
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Clever is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <3>
  • Strafford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fair Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roseville ...

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

Adding Roseville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Roseville post office opened in 1894. The Roseville post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roseville.

Footnotes ...

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