Nearby places include the county seat of Booneville, Chestnut Gap, and Tallega.

[6] The Lerose community was named after Lleaner Rose, who ran a local store.

He was known by the locals as Lee Rose, thus giving the community its current name.

"Lee" later had a grandson, Chester Clay Rose, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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