Rosine | |
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Rosine | |
Motto: Home of Bluegrass Music | |
Coordinates: 37°27′01″N86°44′29″W / 37.45028°N 86.74139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Ohio |
Area | |
• Total | 0.48 sq mi (1.25 km2) |
• Land | 0.48 sq mi (1.25 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 429 ft (131 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 110 |
• Density | 228.22/sq mi (88.13/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
ZIP codes | 42370 |
Area code | 270 |
FIPS code | 21-66846 |
GNIS feature ID | 502356 [2] |
Rosine ( /roʊˈziːn/ ) is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. [3] Bill Monroe, The Father of Bluegrass, is buried in the Rosine Cemetery and memorialized with a bronze cast disk affixed to the barn where his music remains alive. The community was named for the pen name of Jennie Taylor McHenry, poet and wife of founder Henry D. McHenry. [4] The ZIP Code is 42370 and the area code is 270. The nearest communities are Horse Branch, and Beaver Dam; and the nearest major cities are Owensboro and Bowling Green. The community sits at an elevation of 429 feet. At one time, Rosine was a thriving community with several stores, a school, a pickle factory, and a bat mill that milled bats for the Louisville Slugger bat factory.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 110 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
There are no schools in Rosine, so students from Rosine attend Horse Branch Elementary School, Ohio County Middle School, and Ohio County High School. Nearby private schools include Sugar Grove Christian Academy and Ohio County Christian Academy. The nearest colleges and universities are in Owensboro.
U.S. Route 62 passes through Rosine. The town is north of the Western Kentucky Parkway and east of Interstate 165. The Louisville and Paducah railroad runs through the town.
Each Friday night April - mid-December, musicians converge on the town of Rosine to play Bluegrass music. The musicians play in the small general store, outside the store and in a weekly stage show in the barn next to the store. An annual Bluegrass Festival is held in the town and another annual festival is held on the nearby Jerusalem Ridge where Monroe was born. Bill's musician brothers Birch Monroe and Charlie Monroe were also from Rosine. [5]
As of May 2017 ground was broken for the building of the Bill Monroe museum and it opened in 2018. There is also the Bluemoon store located on Hwy 62E in Rosine.
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Clarence Remus Wilson was a Rosine, Kentucky farmer who also played the fiddle and five-string banjo. He has been called one of the "greats" of hillbilly music, along with James "Uncle Pen" Vandiver, Kennedy Jones, and Bill Monroe. He also played with Blues musician Arnold Schultz, when Schultz was in town. There is a photo of Schultz and Wilson sitting outside on folding chairs, posing with their instruments, Schultz with his guitar and Wilson with his fiddle.
Birch Monroe was an American old time and early bluegrass fiddler, bassist, dancer, founding member of the Monroe brothers, and older brother to Charlie and Bill Monroe. He grew up on a farm with five brothers and sisters before leaving it in the late twenties. Unlike brothers Charlie and Bill he chose to not pursue a career in music.
The Bill Monroe Farm is a historic farm attributed to being the birthplace of Bill Monroe, creator of the bluegrass music genre. The farm is 1,000 acres (4.0km²) and is located near Rosine in Ohio County, Kentucky. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
37°27′01″N86°44′29″W / 37.45028°N 86.74139°W