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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

  1. ^ a b "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.