Oswego, Kansas

**Oswego** is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States, and situated along the Neosho River. It is also the county seat of Labette County. In 2020, 1,668 people lived there.

## History

The first newspaper was the _Oswego Register_. It was created in 1868 by E.R. Trask. The first church was the Congregational, which was created in May 1868. The Presbyterian church was created in July 1868. The first school was created in 1867. The public library association was created in 1877. It still exists as Oswego Public Library, which is a Carnegie Library. The telephone system was put in operation in 1882; the waterworks in 1887; and the first electric lights were turned on July 12, 1888. The lights were turned off a few months later.

In 2011, the City Council voted to annex the Oswego Municipal Airport into the city limits. This made Oswego be in neighboring Cherokee County.

## Geography

Oswego isat  (37.167728, -95.109453). The city is about  north of the Oklahoma state line and  west of the Missouri line. It is along the southern bluffs, overlooking the Neosho River valley. It is at the junction of U.S. Route 59 and U.S. Route 160. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

### Climate

Oswego has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Oswego has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,668 people, 678 households, and 427 families living in Oswego. Of the households, 68.4% owned their home and 31.6% rented their home.

The median age was 42.3 years. Of the people, 86.4% were White, 2.6% were Native American, 1.6% were Black, 0.2% were Pacific Islanders, 0.1% were Asian, 1.1% were from some other race, and 7.9% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.0% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,829 people, 763 households, and 476 families living in Oswego.

### Schools

The Oswego-Service Valley Unified School District 504 serves Oswego.

### Libraries

Oswego is served by the Oswego Public Library (OPL), which is a Carnegie Library. OPL has a big collection of books, DVDs, periodicals, audio books, and videos. Internet access is also available through the use of computers or the Library's free Wi-Fi.

## Media

_Labette Avenue_ is a weekly newspaper that covers mostly local stories and events. _Labette Avenue_ is based in Oswego and serves the rural areas of Labette County, Kansas.

The _Parsons Sun_, a newspaper published every day in Parsons, also covers Oswego. The nearest major newspaper is the Joplin Globe.

Oswego is in the Joplin, Missouri/Pittsburg, Kansas broadcast market area. It gets most its television and radio signals from those two cities.  KGGF 690 AM Coffeyville covers SE Kansas and Broadcasts from its tower site in Mound Valley.

## Related pages

- Great Flood of 1951

## Other websites

- City
- City of Oswego
- Oswego - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 504 , local school district
- Newspapers
- Taylor Newspaper
- Historical
- Oswego Historical Society and Genealogical Department
- Maps
- Oswego City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Oswego, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Oswego, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie..jpg
- **image caption**: Oswego Public Library, Oswego Carnegie Library (2013)
- **image map**: Labette_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Oswego_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Labette County, Kansas, Labette County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Labette Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Labette County, Kansas, Labette County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision name2**: Labette County, Kansas, Labette
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1865
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1867
- **named for**: Oswego, New York
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 2.47
- **area land sq mi**: 2.41
- **area water sq mi**: 0.06
- **area total km2**: 6.40
- **area land km2**: 6.24
- **area water km2**: 0.17
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 912
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1668
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67356
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 620, 620
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-53450
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 469468