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Welcome to Rosetta ...

Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rosetta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Rosetta is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rosetta: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Rosetta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Rosetta: This one is located in Wilkinson County and the other is located in Franklin County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 5 communities that are also named Rosetta - they are located in Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky and Ontario.

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

Communities near Rosetta ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rosetta ...

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

Adding Rosetta to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rosetta 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 Rosetta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rosetta post office opened in 1890. The Rosetta post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rosetta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Wilkinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rosetta - 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 Rosetta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Rosetta 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.
<5>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/