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Welcome to Roses Bluff ...

Roses Bluff is located in Madison County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Roses Bluff: Roses Blf. (or less commonly used: Roses Bluf.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Roses Bluff for more information about variations on the name of Roses Bluff.

Roses Bluff is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Roses Bluff: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Roses Bluff ...

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

  • Jackson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearl
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pearl is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <4>
  • Brandon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Ridgeland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Clinton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Canton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Flowood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Richland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Florence
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Flora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Flora is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roses Bluff ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roses Bluff - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Roses Bluff area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Roses Bluff area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.