Welcome to Rose Lawn ...
Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rose Lawn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
Rose Lawn is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rose Lawn lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Rose Lawn ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Rose Lawn - they are located in Illinois and Ohio.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rose Lawn.
Communities near Rose Lawn ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rose Lawn.
- Green Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- De Pere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Ashwaubenon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allouez
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Suamico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suamico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Hobart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Shawano
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 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 Rose Lawn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rose Lawn.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rose Lawn. 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 Rose Lawn.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rose Lawn. See our Newspapers Page for Rose Lawn.
Adding Rose Lawn to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rose Lawn 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 for Rose Lawn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Rose Lawn post office opened in 1887.
We also found Rose Lawn in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rose Lawn.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Shawano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rose Lawn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |