Rose Hill, Jasper County, Mississippi

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Rose Hill, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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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 codes 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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