Rose Hill, Indiana Explained

Rose Hill (also called Rosehill) was an unincorporated community along a railroad at the border between Kosciusko County, Indiana, and Wabash County, Indiana.[1] [2] The extinct community's church and cemetery, in Wabash County, remain.[3] The Rose Hill Post Office was established by 1870.[4] United States Post Office Department Official Postal Guides through 1881 listed the Rose Hill Post Office as being in Kosciusko County,[5] and afterwards in Wabash County.[6] The Rose Hill Post Office was discontinued by about 1906.

Notes and References

  1. T. B. Heim, History of Wabash County, Indiana (Chicago: John Morris Printer, 1884), pp. 443, 446.
  2. Clarkson W. Weesner, History of Wabash County Indiana, vol. 1 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914), p. 456.
  3. T. B. Heim, History of Wabash County, Indiana (Chicago: John Morris Printer, 1884), pp. 447, 449.
  4. United States Post Office Department, Post Office Directory (Washington: Government Printing Office, Sep 1870), p. 174.
  5. United States Post Office Department, Official Postal Guide (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Jan 1881), p. 134.
  6. United States Post Office Department, Official Postal Guide (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Jan 1882), p. 138.

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