June 27, 1969

The town of Rose Bud (White County) was incorporated. It is located at the intersection of State Highways 5 and 36. Settled before the Civil War, it has long been a center for agriculture and education. Rose Bud has one structure on the National Register of Historic Places, a chicken house built in 1938. The town’s most noted citizen was Nick Bacon, who received the Medal of Honor in 1969 for his heroic actions in the Vietnam War.