Rosedale, Ohio

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Rosedale, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Rosedale, Ohio in Fall
Rosedale, Ohio in Fall
Location of Rosedale, Ohio
Location of Rosedale, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°4′30″N 83°27′30″W / 40.07500°N 83.45833°W / 40.07500; -83.45833Coordinates: 40°4′30″N 83°27′30″W / 40.07500°N 83.45833°W / 40.07500; -83.45833
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyMadison
TownshipPike
Elevation
[1]
1,010 ft (310 m)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total580
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
43029
Area code(s)740
GNIS feature ID1065246[3]

Rosedale is an unincorporated community in central Pike Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States, and roughly thirty miles (48 kilometers) west of the city of Columbus. The ZIP code is 43029 and mail is currently delivered by the Irwin post office.[citation needed]

History[]

The Rosedale Post Office was established on June 3, 1830,[4] with Captain Andrews as the first postmaster.[5] In 1832, he purchased 1,300 acres (530 ha) of land, named the place "Rosedale Farms" after the post office, and opened a store at the intersection of Rosedale Road and Rosedale-Milford Center Road.[5] Later, Darius Burnham laid out the community of Liverpool on land he owned near Rosedale, and the plat was recorded on May 18, 1836, in London.[5] From 1837 to 1838, Foster Griffin became the postmaster and moved the post office from the rural country into Liverpool.[5] Soon after, the community changed its name to match the post office. The Rosedale Post Office was discontinued on October 14, 1867, re-established on January 17, 1870, then discontinued again on September 30, 1901.[4] The mail service was then sent through the Mechanicsburg branch. In 1905, the Pike township high school was built in the community, at a cost of $12,000.[5] As of 1915, the community contained one general store, one blacksmith, and a population of 60.[5]

In 1964 Conservative Mennonite Bible School, a Bible college owned by the Conservative Mennonite Conference, purchased the former high school building and moved to Rosedale from Berlin, Ohio. The school was later renamed Rosedale Bible College.[6] Also in the mid 1960s Conservative Mennonite Conference moved its headquarters to the community.[7]

Geography and topography[]

The elevation is 997 feet (303 meters) above sea level.[1] The community is located between the Spring Fork and main channel of the Little Darby Creek to the northwest of their confluence. This puts the community on the western edge of the Scioto Watershed.[8] The area was originally a wetland of prairie grass and moisture tolerant trees, and now boasts rich and productive farmland of primarily soy beans, corn and wheat.[citation needed]

Economy[]

The town is the home of several denomination-wide agencies of the Conservative Mennonite Conference, including Rosedale Bible College, Great Lakes-Rosedale, and the administrative offices of the Conservative Mennonite Conference. The Conference's mission agency, , was headquartered in Rosedale for several decades but relocated to Columbus, Ohio in 2015 and was subsequently renamed Rosedale International.[9] Rosedale has one church, the Rosedale Free Will Baptist Church.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic info from Google Earth
  2. ^ United States Census 2010, 2010 Demographic Profile Data
  3. ^ "Rosedale, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rosedale Post Office
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Bryan, Chester E., History of Madison County, Ohio, B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1915, Pg. 182.
  6. ^ Yoder & Showalter, We Beheld His Glory: Rosedale Bible Institute the First Forty Years, 1992
  7. ^ CMC Website History section, http://cmcrosedale.org/about/history.shtml, retrieved 10 August 2010
  8. ^ Waterways info from ODNR Division of Soil and Water Resources
  9. ^ Rosedale International website History section, https://rosedaleinternational.org/history/, retrieved 10 August 2021
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