![]() The first postoffice however, was established in 1839 and was known as Plainfield. The original settlement and government entry was made by Doctor Harris, whose son, Addison Harris, in 1854 laid out what was then known as Harrisburg, but has since been changed to Rose Hill the present name. ![]() Rose Hill, one of the live villages of Jasper County, is in Crooked Creek township eight miles northeast of Newton, the county seat and has between three and four hundred inhabitants. Side of the Community Compares Favorably with that of any other Place - Busy Little City Village has a Poetical Name and is the Home of a Thrifty People ![]() Transcribed by Genealogy Trails Transcription Team Source: Mattoon Daily Journal (Mattoon, IL.), 22 March 1904, Tuesday,
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