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. Its county seat is Lyndon. 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.

## History

In 1859, **Osage County** was created.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (2.0%) is water.

## People

Osage County is included in the Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.0%** _5,705_|style="text-align:center;"|26.6% _2,136_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _194_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.5%** _4,826_|style="text-align:center;"|24.5% _1,753_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% _574_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.1%** _4,427_|style="text-align:center;"|32.8% _2,268_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _211_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.9%** _4,820_|style="text-align:center;"|33.6% _2,534_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _190_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.3%** _4,800_|style="text-align:center;"|34.0% _2,537_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _126_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.0%** _3,770_|style="text-align:center;"|38.3% _2,530_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.7% _313_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**48.8%** _3,487_|style="text-align:center;"|35.0% _2,502_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|16.2% _1,157_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**34.5%** _2,561_|style="text-align:center;"|31.0% _2,297_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|34.5% _2,563_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.3%** _3,496_|style="text-align:center;"|44.1% _2,840_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _99_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.6%** _4,288_|style="text-align:center;"|32.2% _2,072_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _83_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.4%** _3,817_|style="text-align:center;"|33.0% _2,088_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.6% _419_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.5%** _2,945_|style="text-align:center;"|47.3% _2,755_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _128_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.1%** _4,073_|style="text-align:center;"|26.6% _1,522_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _133_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.2%** _3,157_|style="text-align:center;"|29.6% _1,664_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|14.3% _801_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|49.1% _2,681_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.1%** _2,737_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _42_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.0%** _3,880_|style="text-align:center;"|35.5% _2,150_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.3%** _4,136_|style="text-align:center;"|32.2% _1,979_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.8%** _4,589_|style="text-align:center;"|30.5% _2,036_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.6%** _3,474_|style="text-align:center;"|42.5% _2,659_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _121_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _4,107_|style="text-align:center;"|34.7% _2,212_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _58_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.5%** _4,991_|style="text-align:center;"|38.6% _3,186_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _70_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.9%** _4,232_|style="text-align:center;"|49.8% _4,224_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|45.4% _3,707_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.4%** _4,199_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.2% _259_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.2%** _5,900_|style="text-align:center;"|25.6% _2,058_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _98_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.2%** _4,957_|style="text-align:center;"|26.1% _2,050_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% _836_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.8%** _4,507_|style="text-align:center;"|33.6% _2,414_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _256_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|44.7% _3,770_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.7%** _4,276_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.6% _390_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|17.6% _850_|style="text-align:center;"|**40.8%** _1,969_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|41.6% _2,005_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _2,671_|style="text-align:center;"|43.1% _2,288_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.6% _351_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.0%** _3,670_|style="text-align:center;"|26.9% _1,516_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.1% _459_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.2%** _3,128_|style="text-align:center;"|47.5% _2,901_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _85_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|45.0% _2,903_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.9%** _3,481_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _71_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|43.8% _2,604_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**56.2%** _3,345_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.5%** _3,442_|style="text-align:center;"|23.1% _1,380_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|19.5% _1,165_|

### Unified school districts

- Osage City USD 420
- Lyndon USD 421
- Santa Fe Trail USD 434
- Burlingame USD 454
- Marais des Cygnes Valley USD 456

## 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.

### Cities

- Burlingame
- Carbondale
- Lyndon
- Melvern
- Olivet
- Osage City
- Overbrook
- Quenemo
- Scranton

## References

- Notes

## 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
- Osage County - Directory of Public Officials
- Other
- Osage County Historical Society
- Newspaper website
- Maps
- Osage County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Osage County
- **state**: Kansas
- **nickname**: Land of Lakes
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Osage County Courthouse Kansas.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Osage County Courthouse in Lyndon, Kansas, Lyndon (2009)
- **founded**: 1859
- **named for**: Osage Nation
- **seat wl**: Lyndon
- **largest city wl**: Osage City
- **area total sq mi**: 720
- **area land sq mi**: 706
- **area water sq mi**: 14
- **area percentage**: 2.0%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 15766
- **population density sq mi**: 22.3
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central