Rosemount is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,619 at the 2000 census. Rosemount was established as a township in the 1860's and incorporated as a city in 1972, encompassing the old village of Rosemount and Pine Bend. The city was founded by Andrew Keegan and Hugh Derham, who named the city after the village of Rosemount in Ireland. Rosemount is home to the Pine Bend Refinery, which is the largest oil refinery in Minnesota and the 14th-largest in the United States. Rosemount was also home to a military gunpowder plant in the 1940s called Gopher Ordnance Works.

Demographics
Rosemount is located in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, represented by John Kline, a Republican, scoring 2.8% progressive on a range of issues

State Representative: Dennis Ozment (R)
State Senator: Chris Gerlach (R)
County Commissioner: Will Branning (Non-partisan)
Mayor: Bill Droste (Non-Partisan)
Council: Kim Shoe-Corrigan, Mark DeBettignes, Phillip Sterner, Mike Baxter (Non-partisan)
City Manager: Jamie Verbrugge Events

Pierce Butler, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
Hugh Derham, Founder (along with Andrew Keegan) of the city and benefactor of Cretin High School
Mike Morris, Retired Long-snapper, Minnesota Vikings
Duane Andreas, Former CEO Archer Daniels Midland
Tom Preissing, Los Angeles Kings defenseman