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History · Rosedale

Rosedale’s post office opened in 1908, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1940.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Rosedale began

When was Rosedale founded?

1908

The Rosedale post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 112 in 19402020 census: 62118 years
Founding year: the first Rosedale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rosedale’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 Rosedale are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18984 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1986. Watch Rosedale change.Boom and bustPeaked at 136 in 1950; 62 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Rosedale’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rosedale’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Rosedale on the map, 1898 to 1986

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

Rosedale on the 1898 USGS mapRosedale on the 1902 USGS mapRosedale on the 1965 USGS mapRosedale on the 1986 USGS map1898Pauls Valley sheet · 1:125,000

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

People over time

Rosedale, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 136

Peaked at 136 in 1950; 62 people lived here in 2020.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

The story so far

Rosedale, in brief

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

Rosedale is a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 68 to 62 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Rosedale, 1898 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Post officeThe Rosedale post office opens
  5. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 136
  6. 1961Post officeThe Rosedale post office closes
By decade

Rosedale, decade by decade

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Ok-133 path2009Ok-133 path
Famous people

Famous people close to Rosedale

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

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James GarnerAmerican film and television actor · b. 1928
Karl Guthe JanskyAmerican physicist and radio engineer · b. 1905
Joseph GlascoAmerican abstract expressionist painter, drafts… · b. 1925
Tommy FranksUnited States Army general · b. 1945
Vince GillAmerican country musician · b. 1957
Geraldyn M. CobbAmerican aviator · b. 1931
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Rosedale had its own post office from 1908 to 1961.

Rosedale
1908–1961
19001960today

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

Questions about Rosedale’s history

What year was Rosedale founded?

The Rosedale post office opened in 1908, 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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Sources

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 (1), 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.