Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Rose Hill is an
unincorporated community in
Jasper County,
Mississippi, United States.
[1] Its
ZIP code is 39356.
[2]
History
Rose Hill was named by early settlers for the wild roses that grew in the surrounding area.
[3]
The community was formerly home to a
normal school known as the Rose Hill Normal Institute.
[4]
A post office first began operating under the name Rose Hill in 1888.
[5]
The
Graham House, once located in Rose Hill, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places until it was destroyed by a tornado in April 2011.
[6]
Notable people
Notes
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"Rose Hill, Jasper County, Mississippi".
Geographic Names Information System.
United States Geological Survey,
United States Department of the Interior.
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^ United States Postal Service (2012).
"USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
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^ Cooper, Forrest Lamar (2011).
Looking Back Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 214.
ISBN
978-1-61703-148-9.
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Bienniel Report of the State Superintendent of Public Education to the Legislature of Mississippi for the Years 1888 and 1889. Jackson, Mississippi: Department of Education. 1890. p. 345.
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"Jasper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
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"Historic Resources Inventory". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917).
The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: Department of Archives and History. p. 759.
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"Thomas D. Young, English Professor, 77". The New York Times. February 9, 1997. Retrieved September 27, 2021.