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Rose Hill, Alabama

Coordinates: 31°26′58″N 86°20′22″W / 31.44944°N 86.33944°W / 31.44944; -86.33944
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Rose Hill, Alabama
Rose Hill, Alabama is located in Alabama
Rose Hill, Alabama
Rose Hill, Alabama
Rose Hill, Alabama is located in the United States
Rose Hill, Alabama
Rose Hill, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°26′58″N 86°20′22″W / 31.44944°N 86.33944°W / 31.44944; -86.33944
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCovington
Elevation
433 ft (132 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID125934[1]

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

History

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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

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

References

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  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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