Osage County, Kansas
Osage County (county code OS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 15,766 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Lyndon.[2] Its most populous city is Osage City. The county was originally organized in 1855 as Weller County, and was renamed in 1859 after the Osage River that runs through it, which is itself named for the Osage Native American Tribe.[3]
| Osage County, Kansas | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Kansas | |
 Kansas's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Seat | Lyndon |
| Largest City | Osage City |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
720 sq mi (1,865 km²) 706 sq mi (1,829 km²) 14 sq mi (36 km²), 2.0% |
| Population - Density |
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| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Named for: Osage Nation | |
History
In 1859, Osage County was created.
Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 720 square miles (1,900 km2). Of that, 706 square miles (1,830 km2) is land and 14 square miles (36 km2) (2.0%) is water.[4]
People
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 1,113 | ||
| 1870 | 7,648 | 587.2% | |
| 1880 | 19,642 | 156.8% | |
| 1890 | 25,062 | 27.6% | |
| 1900 | 23,659 | −5.6% | |
| 1910 | 19,905 | −15.9% | |
| 1920 | 18,621 | −6.5% | |
| 1930 | 17,538 | −5.8% | |
| 1940 | 15,118 | −13.8% | |
| 1950 | 12,811 | −15.3% | |
| 1960 | 12,886 | 0.6% | |
| 1970 | 13,352 | 3.6% | |
| 1980 | 15,319 | 14.7% | |
| 1990 | 15,248 | −0.5% | |
| 2000 | 16,712 | 9.6% | |
| 2010 | 16,295 | −2.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] 1790-1960[6] 1900-1990[7] 1990-2000[8] 2010-2020[1] | |||
Osage County is included in the Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Government
Presidential elections
Osage County is strongly Republican. In only six presidential elections from 1888 to the present day has the county failed to back the Republican Party candidate, most recently in Lyndon B. Johnson's national landslide. of 1964.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 71.0% 5,705 | 26.6% 2,136 | 2.4% 194 |
| 2016 | 67.5% 4,826 | 24.5% 1,753 | 8.0% 574 |
| 2012 | 64.1% 4,427 | 32.8% 2,268 | 3.1% 211 |
| 2008 | 63.9% 4,820 | 33.6% 2,534 | 2.5% 190 |
| 2004 | 64.3% 4,800 | 34.0% 2,537 | 1.7% 126 |
| 2000 | 57.0% 3,770 | 38.3% 2,530 | 4.7% 313 |
| 1996 | 48.8% 3,487 | 35.0% 2,502 | 16.2% 1,157 |
| 1992 | 34.5% 2,561 | 31.0% 2,297 | 34.5% 2,563[a] |
| 1988 | 54.3% 3,496 | 44.1% 2,840 | 1.5% 99 |
| 1984 | 66.6% 4,288 | 32.2% 2,072 | 1.3% 83 |
| 1980 | 60.4% 3,817 | 33.0% 2,088 | 6.6% 419 |
| 1976 | 50.5% 2,945 | 47.3% 2,755 | 2.2% 128 |
| 1972 | 71.1% 4,073 | 26.6% 1,522 | 2.3% 133 |
| 1968 | 56.2% 3,157 | 29.6% 1,664 | 14.3% 801 |
| 1964 | 49.1% 2,681 | 50.1% 2,737 | 0.8% 42 |
| 1960 | 64.0% 3,880 | 35.5% 2,150 | 0.5% 31 |
| 1956 | 67.3% 4,136 | 32.2% 1,979 | 0.5% 32 |
| 1952 | 68.8% 4,589 | 30.5% 2,036 | 0.6% 41 |
| 1948 | 55.6% 3,474 | 42.5% 2,659 | 1.9% 121 |
| 1944 | 64.4% 4,107 | 34.7% 2,212 | 0.9% 58 |
| 1940 | 60.5% 4,991 | 38.6% 3,186 | 0.9% 70 |
| 1936 | 49.9% 4,232 | 49.8% 4,224 | 0.4% 30 |
| 1932 | 45.4% 3,707 | 51.4% 4,199 | 3.2% 259 |
| 1928 | 73.2% 5,900 | 25.6% 2,058 | 1.2% 98 |
| 1924 | 63.2% 4,957 | 26.1% 2,050 | 10.7% 836 |
| 1920 | 62.8% 4,507 | 33.6% 2,414 | 3.6% 256 |
| 1916 | 44.7% 3,770 | 50.7% 4,276 | 4.6% 390 |
| 1912 | 17.6% 850 | 40.8% 1,969 | 41.6% 2,005[b] |
| 1908 | 50.3% 2,671 | 43.1% 2,288 | 6.6% 351 |
| 1904 | 65.0% 3,670 | 26.9% 1,516 | 8.1% 459 |
| 1900 | 51.2% 3,128 | 47.5% 2,901 | 1.4% 85 |
| 1896 | 45.0% 2,903 | 53.9% 3,481 | 1.1% 71 |
| 1892 | 43.8% 2,604 | 56.2% 3,345 | |
| 1888 | 57.5% 3,442 | 23.1% 1,380 | 19.5% 1,165 |
Education
Unified school districts
Media
Osage County is served by a weekly newspaper, The Osage County Herald-Chronicle is a weekly newspaper for Osage County. The newspaper publishes about 4,500 papers, making it the 3rd biggest paid weekly newspaper in the state of Kansas.
The Herald-Chronicle was created by the merger of The Osage County Herald and The Osage County Chronicle in February 2007.
Communities
Cities
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QuickFacts: Osage County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Osage County Website". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- Notes
- ↑ This includes 2,532 votes (34.1%) for independent Ross Perot and 31 total votes (0.4%) for either Libertarian Andre Marrou or various write-in candidates
- ↑ This total comprises 1,588 votes (32.9%) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and 417 votes (8.6%) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.
More reading
- Standard Atlas of Osage County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 80 pages; 1918.
- Descriptive Atlas of Osage County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 67 pages; 1899.
- An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Osage County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 46 pages; 1879.
Other websites
- County
- Other
- Osage County Historical Society
- Newspaper website Archived 2019-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Maps