Rosewood is an

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Wayne County, North Carolina Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,333. Its county seat is Goldsboro and it is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Wayne County comprises the Goldsboro, NC ...

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, located at the intersection of NC 581 and Rosewood Road, 1 mile south of

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Education

The community contains an elementary(k-5), middle(6-8), and high(9-12) school. Rosewood Middle is at the intersection of Rosewood Road and NC 581 S. in the original Rosewood School building.

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is adjacent to the middle school on Rosewood Road. The elementary school is on the corner of Rosewood Road and Charlie Braswell Road.

Community

The community operates two volunteer fire departments, Rosewood and Oakland. There are several churches of various denominations within Rosewood including Rosewood First Baptist, Rosewood Church of God, Pine Forest United Methodist Church, Barnes Chapel Church, and Westwood United Methodist Church.

Industry

In recent years the city of Goldsboro has satellite annexed areas nearby the community in order for several stores to move into the area. The main industry is still farming including hog and chicken houses as well as tobacco, corn, sweet potato, strawberry, cotton, and soybean farming.

Transportation

Passenger

*Air:

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is the closest major airport with service to more than 45 domestic and international destinations.

Wayne Executive Jetport Wayne Executive Jetport is a public use airport three miles north of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Goldsboro, in Wayne County, North Carolina. The airport is owned by Wayne County, North Carolina, Wayne County. It was formerly Goldsboro-Wayne Munici ...

is an airport located nearby, but is only used for

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. *Interstate Highway: I-795 is the closest Interstate to Rosewood, which is located 3.5 miles east in Goldsboro. *Rosewood is not served directly by passenger trains. The closest

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station is located in Selma. *Bus: The area is served by

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with a location in nearby Goldsboro.

Roads

*The main highway near Rosewood is

, just to the north.

References

Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{WayneCountyNC-geo-stub