Rosedale’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Rosedale. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Rosedale was settled around 1838 and became one of the two county seats in 1872. This area was developed by European American planters for extensive cotton plantations, dependent on enslaved laborers. After the Civil War and emancipation, some freedmen managed to clear and buy land in the bottomlands, with many becoming landowners before the end of the nineteenth century. By 1910, a lengthy recession and declining economic and political conditions resulted in most blacks in the state losing their land. They could not compete with the financing gained by railroads, which were constructed in the area beginning in 1882 Many stayed in the area to work as sharecroppers and laborers. The railroad brought new business to Rosedale, which had a depot and shipped cotton to northern and other markets. Rosedale incorporated as a town February 2, 1882 and became a city in 1930.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Rosedale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rosedale’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewA Y Scott Residence, Rosedale, Mi…, 1920: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Rosedale
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Rosedale, decade by decade
1990s
4 historic places in Rosedale
Rosedale has 4 listings on the National Register, and they protect 93 historic buildings, because Rosedale Historic District alone counts 84.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as A Y Scott Residence, Rosedale, Mississippi (1920) (1920) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (9) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.