Editing Roseville, Illinois (section)

==History==
It is said that a man named Truman Eldridge from [[Hancock, Massachusetts|Hancock]], [[Massachusetts]] founded the settlement in 1838 or 1839.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roseville |url=https://warrencountyil.gov/communities/roseville/#roseville-history |website=Warren County Illinois |publisher=Warren County, IL |access-date=February 9, 2025}}</ref> By 1843 the area became known as Hat Grove and in 1853 the name was changed to Roseville.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://villageofroseville.com/about-us |website=Village of Roseville |publisher=Village of Roseville |access-date=February 9, 2025}}</ref> When the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] was built through Warren County in the 1860s, local trade was able to expand beyond long journeys west to the [[Mississippi River]] and forward to [[St. Louis]]. With products instead moving north to the station in [[Monmouth, Illinois|Monmouth]].<ref>{{cite web |title=PAST AND PRESENT of WARREN COUNTY, ILLINOIS |url=http://usgenealogyexpress.com/~il/warren/warrenco_1877_hist/warrenco_1877_hist_pg_161_tp_roseville.htm |website=Illinois Genealogy Express |publisher=H. F. Kett & Co. |access-date=February 9, 2025 |page=161 |date=1877}}</ref>

Roseville was incorporated as a village on May 8, 1875.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jesse White |title=Illinois Counties and Incorporated Municipalities |url=https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/pdf_publications/ipub11.pdf |website=Illinois Secretary of State |publisher=Illinois Secretary of State |access-date=February 9, 2025 |page=21 |date=July 2012}}</ref>