Rosewood is an unincorporated community located in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States.
Rosewood, Kentucky | |
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  Rosewood  Rosewood | |
| Coordinates: 37°5′12″N 87°5′22″W / 37.08667°N 87.08944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Muhlenberg |
| Elevation | 600 ft (200 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| GNIS feature ID | 502355[1] |
History
editThe community was named for the abundance of rosewood.[2]
Geography
editThe community is located along Kentucky Route 973 in southern Muhlenberg County.
In popular culture
editA fictitious Louisville suburb also named Rosewood, along with real towns in the Louisville area such as Muldraugh, West Point, and Louisville itself are the main setting of the open-world survival horror game Project Zomboid.
Notable people
edit- Merle Travis, country singer and guitarist.
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rosewood, Kentucky
- ^ Anderson, Bobby (September 19, 2007). "Sandy Called These Names". Leader-News. pp. A12. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
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