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Do you know of Roseland ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Roseland. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Roseland.

Our sources for Roseland (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Roseland other than they indicate that Roseland would be found somewhere in Essex County, New Jersey.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Roseland ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Roseland.

Within New Jersey, the name Roseland is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, twenty are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Roseland [Mississippi County].
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Roseland [Sonoma County].
    • Florida
      • Indian River County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Roseland [Indian River County].
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Roseland [Fulton County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Roseland [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Saint Joseph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Roseland [Saint Joseph County].
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Roseland [Cherokee County].
    • Louisiana
      • Tangipahoa Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Roseland [Tangipahoa Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Roseland.
    • Minnesota
      • Kandiyohi County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Roseland [Kandiyohi County].
    • Missouri
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Roseland [Henry County].
    • Nebraska
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Roseland [Adams County].
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Roseland [Monroe County].
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roseland [Columbus County].
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roseland [Lincoln County].
      • Moore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roseland [Moore County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Roseland.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Roseland [Franklin County].
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Roseland [Richland County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Roseland.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Roseland [Aiken County].
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Roseland [Collin County].
    • Virginia
      • Nelson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Roseland [Nelson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Roseland ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Roseland:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Roseland - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

More Orphans in  Essex County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Essex County.

Academy 
AcouackanonckNew Barbadoes
AlexandriaNorth Caldwell
 North Center
Belwood ParkNorth Newark
Boiling SpringsNorth
Brills Junction 
BrillsOrange Valley
 Orvil
CentralOverbrook
Chestnut Hill 
Clinton HillParkview
  
DoddtownRiverside
  
EssexSilver Lake
 Soho
Forest HillSouth Livingston
 South Orange Village
Glen RidgeSouth
Great Notch 
GroveVailsburg
  
HiltonWashington Park
 Watchung
IronboundWatsessing
 Waverly Park
KearneyWaverly
 Weequahic
Manhattan ParkWest Newark
MaplecrestWest
MidlandWoodside
Mountain Station 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Roseland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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