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History · Rosebud

Rosebud’s post office opened in 1901, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1941 on and the census since 1930.

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Quick answers

How Rosebud began

When was Rosebud founded?

1901

The Rosebud post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Bourbois (1870), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 162 in 19302020 census: 390125 years
Founding year: the first Rosebud post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rosebud’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Rosebud are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rosebud’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Rosebud, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rosebud yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Rosebud is a city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. The population was 390 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 409 to 390 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Rosebud, 1870 to 1941

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Bourbois post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Bourbois post office closes
  5. 1901Post officeThe Rosebud post office opens
  6. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Rosebud, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Rosebud, Missouri2026Rosebud, MissouriMOMap-doton-Rosebud2004MOMap-doton-Rosebud
On the map

Rosebud on the map, 1941 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Rosebud. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Rosebud on the 1941 USGS mapRosebud on the 1965 USGS mapRosebud on the 1980 USGS map1941Gerald sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rosebud.

People over time

Rosebud, census by census

010020030040019401960198020002020Peak: 409

Between 162 and 409 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Rosebud’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Rosebud

Nobody well known was born in Rosebud itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jack WagnerAmerican actor and singer · b. 1959
George HearstAmerican politician · b. 1820
Phoebe HearstAmerican philanthropist, feminist and suffragist · b. 1842
Edward M. IrwinAmerican politician · b. 1869
Kim SpaldingAmerican actor · b. 1915
Paul J. MuellerUnited States major general · b. 1892
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Rosebud’s post office has been open since 1901. Another post office, Bourbois, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bourbois
1870–1901
Rosebud
1901–today
18701950today
1cemetery inside Rosebud
Immanual Evangelical Lutheran

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Rosebud’s history

What year was Rosebud founded?

The Rosebud post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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 →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.