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Welcome to Rosemark ...

Rosemark is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rosemark, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

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

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

Area Code for Rosemark: 901

Communities near Rosemark ...

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

  • Bartlett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Germantown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Spring Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
  • Lakeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Arlington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Millington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clopton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clopton is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
  • Atoka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Covington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rosemark ...

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

Adding Rosemark to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rosemark post office opened in 1891. The Rosemark post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rosemark.

Footnotes ...

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