[3] The town was named after Rose Hill Emerson, daughter of early landholder.

[7] At the 2020 United States Census, the town had a total area of 121 acres (0.488 km2), all of it land.

[3] As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 254 people, 93 households, and 69 families residing in the town.

18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 8.5% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 35.7% of those 65 or over.