Rose Hill, Jasper County, Mississippi

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Rose Hill, Mississippi
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Rose Hill
Coordinates: 32°08′41″N88°59′45″W / 32.14472°N 88.99583°W / 32.14472; -88.99583
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Jasper
Elevation
381 ft (116 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39356
Area code(s) 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID676843 [1]

Rose Hill is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 39356. [2]

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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

  1. 1 2 "Rose Hill, Jasper County, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. Cooper, Forrest Lamar (2011). Looking Back Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 214. ISBN   978-1-61703-148-9.
  4. 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.
  5. "Jasper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  6. "Historic Resources Inventory". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  7. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: Department of Archives and History. p. 759.
  8. "Thomas D. Young, English Professor, 77". The New York Times. February 9, 1997. Retrieved September 27, 2021.


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