Roseland’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Roseland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRoseland is a town in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, Roseland had a population of 854. It is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Roseland is known as "The Gateway Town", on account of its location at the Notre Dame/South Bend exit of the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/90).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 630 to 854 (+36%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Roseland yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roseland’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewRoseland-indiana-from-above: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Roseland
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Roseland, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Roseland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Roseland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is University of Notre Dame: Main and South Quadrangles in Portage, 1.2 miles away.
Roseland and the nearest listed places
Closest to Roseland
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Roseland-indiana-from-above and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.