Rose Creek was laid out in 1868 when the railroad was extended to that point. The city was named for nearby Rose Creek. A post office was established at the community in 1868. Rose Creek was incorporated in 1899.
Todd Nelson, an 18-year-old high school senior from Rose Creek, devised an experiment on how weightlessness affected insects that was carried on board STS-3, the third launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, in March 1982.
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The history of Mower County, Minnesota1911 · page 449Read the page →
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Rose Creek Congregational Church. — On September 15, 1872, religious service was held at the log schoolhouse about one mile north of the village of Rose Creek. After the service the feasibility of Christians uniting under one covenant in a Congregational church was considered. On October 29, 1872. a meeting was held iu the log schoolhouse for the purpose of organizing a church. Rev. R. Hall, the state superintendent of home missions; N. S. Frisby, of Guilford; A. P. Kirkland and Rev. A. Morse
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the Milwaukee depot, conducted by Rev. Wm. Lowry, a Presbyterian minister residing in Freeborn county. These were soon discontinued, owing to lack of interest. No other services in English were maintained imtil Rev. J. S. Rounce, of Rose Creek, commenced the first continuous work, holding semi-weekly meetings in the schoolhouse. These resulted in the organization of the first church society, the Congregational, in March, 1886, and the erection of the first church Iniilding the same year.
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