Rosetown, Sask, Town, pop 2471 (2001c), 2496 (1996c), 2519 (1991c), 2663 (1986c), area 10.59 km2, inc 1911, is located 115 km SW of SASKATOON. It is a focal point for the major transportation routes of the region and is the dominant trade, service and governmental centre for a considerable area tributary to it. The town's initial development and continued prosperity have been dependent on both its role as a transportation hub and its location within some of the most productive wheat land on the Canadian prairies. Settlement commenced in 1904 and, subsequently, large-scale grain farming, as soon as the CNR line was routed through the district in 1908.