Rose Farm, Ohio


Rose Farm is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Morgan County, Ohio|York Township], Morgan County, and southeastern Perry County, Ohio|Harrison Township], Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 111 at the 2020 [United States census|2020 census].

Geography

Rose Farm is in northwestern Morgan County, with a small portion extending west into Perry County. It lies along the south side of Ohio [State Route 669|State Route 669] at its intersection with McKinley Street. Route 669 leads northwest to Crooksville and east-southeast to McConnelsville, the Morgan county seat.
There are three east-west streets in Rose Farm: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Street, running parallel to State Route 669. North-south streets are McKinley, Garfield, and Lincoln. Argo Road is in the southern part of the community. McKinley Street continues south out of Rose Farm as County Road 75, leading south to State Route 37 at Sayre.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Rose Farm CDP has a total area of, of which, or 0.68%, are water. Black Fork runs through the community, flowing north to meet Moxahala Creek at Brigglesville, just south of Crooksville. Moxahala Creek is in turn a tributary of the Muskingum River, which flows southeast to the Ohio River.
The Rose Farm Church of Christ is the only non-residential building in use within the community. The other non-residential building is the old Rose Farm School, which is a two-room school house that served 1st through 8th grades until its closure in the mid-1960s.

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