The town's motto, "The Heart of the Wheat Belt", reflects its history of being a farming community.

[citation needed] On September 14, 1905, James and Anne Rose migrated from Lancashire, England, to an area of Saskatchewan, Canada.

As a name had to be given to the post office, the group dedicated it to the town's most senior settlers, the Roses.

Rosetown became a village on August 29, 1909, after Wilrod Bifair sold his homestead for $12 an acre to the Canadian Northern Railway.

The Sun West School Division Office which provides education to west-central Saskatchewan is in Rosetown.

[citation needed] Prairie West Regional College provides post secondary education.

[citation needed] The Rosetown Red Wings of the Sask Valley Hockey League play out of SaskCan Centre.

The town grew in 1910 once the Canadian National Railway track reached Rosetown.