Rosalie, Nebraska
| Rosalie, Nebraska | |
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| Village | |
Downtown Rosalie
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 Location of Rosalie, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates: 42°3′28″N 96°30′47″W / 42.05778°N 96.51306°WCoordinates: 42°3′28″N 96°30′47″W / 42.05778°N 96.51306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Thurston |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2) |
| • Land | 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,352 ft (412 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 160 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 162 |
| • Density | 800.0/sq mi (308.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 68055 |
| Area code(s) | 402 |
| FIPS code | 31-42250 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0832679 |
Rosalie is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States, within the boundaries of the Omaha Indian Reservation. The population was 160 at the 2010 census.
Rosalie was platted in 1906 when the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad was extended to that point.
Rosalie was named for Rosalie La Flesche, a daughter of Joseph La Flesche, the last principal chief of the Omaha tribe selected by traditional means in the nineteenth century, and the only chief of part-European ancestry. After the tribe moved onto the reservation, Rosalie La Flesche became the its financial manager, managing grazing leases and other transactions. She married Edward Farley of Bancroft, Nebraska. One of her sisters was the author and activist Susette "Bright Eyes" LaFlesche, who married journalist Thomas Tibbles. Another sister was Susan LaFlesche Picotte, a physician who married a Yankton Sioux man.
Rosalie is located at 42°3′28″N 96°30′47″W / 42.05778°N 96.51306°W (42.057914, -96.513036).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.
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