Rose Center was settled about 1835 in northwest Oakland County in Rose Township. It was called Buckhorn but renamed Rose Center in 1914. [MPN]
Rose Center is located on the former Pere Marquette line from Plymouth to Flint, about four miles south of Holly.
Image info: Top, the PM depot at Rose Center. [CMUL]. 2nd image, another view of the depot with what appears to be a hotel or boarding house next door. 1919. [UML]. 3rd image, a view of a siding to an ice house near Rose Center. [UML]
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