Rosedale is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Russell County,

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, United States. Rosedale is located at the junction of U.S. Route 19 and Virginia State Route 80, south-southeast of Honaker. The community was founded in 1819. Rosedale has a

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with ZIP code 24280, which opened on February 26, 1897. Rosedale was named for the area's Rosedale Plantation; the plantation was either named after the couple who owned the property or named for a "rose valley". The community has also been known as Elway and Oaks Garage, the latter name coming from a service station in the settlement. Smithfield was listed on the

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in 1994.

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Unincorporated communities in Russell County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia Populated places established in 1819 {{RussellCountyVA-geo-stub