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Welcome to Rosewood ...

Rosewood is located in Putnam County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rosewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Rosewood is 1,000 feet [305 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: 660

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, Minnesota, 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.

  • Milan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Milan is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
  • Unionville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Queen City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Queen City is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
  • Green City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Green City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Greentop
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Novinger
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Novinger is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Cincinnati
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
  • Greencastle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Glenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Glenwood is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Exline
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Exline is located in Appanoose County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exline
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people

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 1897. The Rosewood post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rosewood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Putnam, 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/