Rosine | |
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| Rosine | |
| Motto: Home of Bluegrass Music | |
  Rosine Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Rosine Rosine (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:37°27′01″N86°44′29″W / 37.45028°N 86.74139°W /37.45028; -86.74139 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Ohio |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.48 sq mi (1.25 km2) |
| • Land | 0.48 sq mi (1.25 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 429 ft (131 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 110 |
| • Density | 228.22/sq mi (88.13/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| ZIP codes | 42370 |
| Area code | 270 |
| FIPS code | 21-66846 |
| GNIS feature ID | 502356[2] |
Rosine (/roʊˈziːn/) is anunincorporated community inOhio County,Kentucky,United States.[3]Bill Monroe,The Father of Bluegrass, is buried in the Rosine Cemetery and memorialized with a bronze cast disk affixed to the barn where his music remains alive. The community was named for the pen name of Jennie Taylor McHenry, poet and wife of founderHenry D. McHenry.[4] TheZIP Code is 42370 and thearea code is 270. The nearest communities areHorse Branch, andBeaver Dam; and the nearest major cities areOwensboro andBowling Green. The community sits at an elevation of 429 feet. At one time, Rosine was a thriving community with several stores, a school, a pickle factory, and a bat mill that milled bats for the Louisville Slugger bat factory.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 110 | — | |
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There are no schools in Rosine, so students from Rosine attend Horse Branch Elementary School, Ohio County Middle School, and Ohio County High School. Nearby private schools include Sugar Grove Christian Academy and Ohio County Christian Academy. The nearest colleges and universities are inOwensboro.
U.S. Route 62 passes through Rosine. The town is north of theWestern Kentucky Parkway and east ofInterstate 165. The Louisville and Paducah railroad runs through the town.
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Each Friday night April - mid-December, musicians converge on the town of Rosine to playBluegrass music. The musicians play in the small general store, outside the store and in a weekly stage show in the barn next to the store. An annual Bluegrass Festival is held in the town and another annual festival is held on the nearby Jerusalem Ridge where Monroe was born. Bill's musician brothersBirch Monroe andCharlie Monroe were also from Rosine.[5]
As of May 2017 ground was broken for the building of the Bill Monroe museum and it opened in 2018. There is also the Bluemoon store located on Hwy 62E in Rosine.
37°27′01″N86°44′29″W / 37.45028°N 86.74139°W /37.45028; -86.74139
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