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Welcome to Roseville ...

So far, we found very little information about Roseville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Roseville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Roseville, please Contact Us.

Roseville would have been located within present day Fayette County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roseville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Roseville is 1,640 feet [500 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Roseville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Roseville was located: 304 & 681<4>

Communities Also Named Roseville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Roseville - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (4), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Roseville ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Roseville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roseville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Roseville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Roseville post office opened in 1886. The Roseville post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roseville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Roseville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roseville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Roseville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Roseville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/