Rose Hill, Alabama

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Rose Hill, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Rose Hill, Alabama
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Rose Hill, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°26′58″N86°20′22″W / 31.44944°N 86.33944°W / 31.44944; -86.33944
Country United States
State Alabama
County Covington
Elevation
433 ft (132 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 334
GNIS feature ID125934 [1]

Rose Hill is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.

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History

The community name may come from a personal name or an environmental name. [2] A post office operated under the name Rose Hill from 1855 to 1906. [3]

Company F of the 33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry was organized at Brandon's Store in Rose Hill. [4]

Notable people

Matthew Hammett, American politician born in Rose Hill [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rose Hill". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 120. ISBN   0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ↑ "Covington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ William Morel Moxley; Emily Moxley; Thomas William Cutrer (2002). Oh, What a Loansome Time I Had: The Civil War Letters of Major William Morel Moxley, Eighteenth Alabama Infantry, and Emily Beck Moxley. University of Alabama Press. p. 141. ISBN   978-0-8173-1118-6.
  5. ↑ "Matthew Hammett". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 24, 2023.


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