<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2KpdFx_1GoCalSB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2KpdFx_1GoCalSB00" width="700" height="394" >What to know:<ul><li>Rosebush changed its identity six times before settling on a permanent name.</li><li>Early monikers included Halfway in 1844 and a railroad stop named for a resident’s wife, Rose.</li><li>Postal officials bounced between Calkinsville and Rosebush until making Rosebush final in 1903.</li></ul>Voters in Flint Township recently rejected a proposal to become “Oak Hill Township,” deciding one name is plenty. But one Michigan community took that identity question much further, changing its name six times before settling down.Rosebush is an unincorporated community just north of Mount Pleasant that changed its name six times. Municipal name changes are not unheard of in Michigan -- LeRoy became Webberville and Eaton Centre became Charlotte -- but six changes is a little extreme.In 1844, Cornelius Bogan opened a general store between Clare and Mount Pleasant. He called the settlement Halfway because of its location between the two towns.Twenty-four years later, the railroad arrived. Resident James Bush traded a parcel of land to the railroad on the condition that the stop be named after his wife, Rose.In 1873, Elias Calkins established the community’s first post office, named Calkinsville. In 1889, postal officials changed the name to Rosebush, only to revert to Calkinsville the following year.The back-and-forth ended Feb. 19, 1903, when the post office adopted Rosebush for the final time. The community has kept the name ever since. ...for now, you know?</div></body>

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Rosebush changed its identity six times before settling on a permanent name. Early monikers included Halfway in 1844 and a railroad stop named for a resident’s wife, Rose. Postal officials bounced between Calkinsville and Rosebush until making Rosebush final in 1903. Voters in Flint Township recently rejected a proposal...

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