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History · Rosebush

Rosebush’s post office opened in 1889, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Rosebush began

When was Rosebush founded?

1889

The Rosebush post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 353137 years
Founding year: the first Rosebush post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Rosebush are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Rosebush’s homes were built before 1956.
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How Rosebush came to be

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Rosebush began in 1844 when Cornelius Bogan started a general store. He called the town Halfway because it was approximately halfway between Clare and Mount Pleasant. In 1868, the Ann Arbor Railroad came through the area and resident James Bush, while officially platting the land, bartered with the railroad some of his property for the right to have the station named after his wife, Rose. An addition to the community was later platted in 1873 by Elias B. Calkins and named Calkinsville – this was the name of the original post office on July 9, 1873. The post office name was changed to Rosebush in 1889, back to Calkinsville in 1890 and once again Rosebush on February 19, 1903. The name has remained unchanged since.

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Rosebush, decade by decade

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Questions about Rosebush’s history

What year was Rosebush founded?

The Rosebush post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

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