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The Story of Roseland

The Story of Roseland

The modern town, and its sources

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The town's own landmarks of its modern course are two. In 1974 ground was broken for the Roseland Community Center Building — the present town hall at 200 Independence Drive — on land donated by William Randall, built to house the council and town offices, the police department and a community center. In September 1976 the town adopted a flag designed by Dennis St. Germain and Ella Riffel, whose Indiana silhouette carries the town's name and the year 1916.

The sources this frame rests on, named so the next passes can test them: the Town CodeChapman (1880) and Howard (1907), for the township frame; the Public Access Counselor opinion file, which carries an unusually complete official record of the town's mid-2000s council era for the civic pass; the State Board of AccountsDepartment of Local Government Finance budget orders, which carry the town unit's certified figures at full strength; and the South Bend Tribune, the county's paper of record, whose election coverage carries the town's 2026 course. No National Register listing inside the town was reached; the State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database sweep is named as the settler rather than a negative asserted.

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Source: The modern town, and its sources, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/roseland/the-story/modern-town-and-its-sources/