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History · Rose Hill Acres

Half of Rose Hill Acres’ homes were built after 1967

Most of Rose Hill Acres was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: maps from 1932 on and the census since 1970.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rose Hill Acres’ past

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The story so far

Rose Hill Acres, in brief

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Rose Hill Acres is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 325 at the 2020 census, down from 441 at the 2010 census. The city consists of two residential neighborhoods situated between Beaumont and Lumberton. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rose Hill Acres has a small government structure led by Mayor David Lang. Rose Hill Acres is served by the Lumberton Independent School District and the Lumberton Municipal Utility District.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 441 to 325 (-26%).

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

Timeline

Rose Hill Acres, 1903 to 1932

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Loeb post office opens
  3. 1908Post officeThe Loeb post office closes
  4. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Rose Hill Acres on the map, 1932 to 1993

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

Rose Hill Acres on the 1932 USGS mapRose Hill Acres on the 1960 USGS mapRose Hill Acres on the 1970 USGS mapRose Hill Acres on the 1993 USGS map1932Beaumont 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 Rose Hill Acres.

People over time

Rose Hill Acres, census by census

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Between 325 and 480 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Rose Hill Acres’ Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, Loeb, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Loeb

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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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 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.