Rose Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia, United States.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.9 km2), of which 1.8 acres (7,485 m2), or 0.08%, are water.
[6] Rose Hill was the site of Martin's Station, the westernmost frontier fort built by Indian trader and later Brigadier General Joseph Martin, namesake of Martinsville, Virginia, and one of the first explorers of the Powell Valley.
[7] After Indian raids on his Powell Valley settlement, Martin abandoned his early fort.
The wooden fort contained some six cabins built about 30 feet (9.1 m) apart, with stockades between the buildings.
[8] Today there is a replica of the fort at nearby Wilderness Road State Park.